At 02:10 PM 04/12/2000 -0500, Stephen Mark Carey wrote:
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>I recently came across this quote attributed to Bernard of
Clairvaux,
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>"We are like jesters and tumblers, who, with heads down
and feet up,
>exhibit extraordinary behavior by standing or walking on
their hands, and
>thus draw all eyes to themselves."
>
>Does anyone know where this quote might have been taken from?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
The quote is from Bernard, Letter 87, paragraph 12:
Nam revera quid aliud saecularibus quam ludere videmur,
cum, quod ipsi appetunt in hoc saeculo, nos per contrarium
fugimus, et quod ipsi fugiunt, nos appetimus, more scilicet
ioculatorum et saltatorum, qui, capite misso deorsum
pedibus que sursum erectis, praeter humanum usum stant
manibus vel incedunt, et sic in se omnium oculos defigunt?
Stephen A. Allen
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