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Quotation from The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus
“I hate a man that remembers what he hears”
The Praise of Folly, Closing lines, trans. John Wilson (1668)
Folly's comic disclaimer, a proverb 'of my own making', which dares the audience to forget the serious argument just made.
Citation: "I hate a man that remembers what he hears" — Desiderius Erasmus, The Praise of Folly, Closing lines, trans. John Wilson (1668). (id erasmus-praise-of-folly-q12)
