Shadowhite quoted The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda (Icelandic: Snorra Edda) or, …
A wise man would not have asked, because everyone can answer this. But if you are a man of such little learning that you have not heard this before, then I would rather that you, in your ignorance, ask than continue to be unaware of what one ought to know
For 19 chapters the gods had been relatively courteous, but then suddenly deploy the sass in chapter 19. One day I'll find a reason to quote this at someone