Simeon Stylites, n.All

Simeon Stylites (n.) erred ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not in his pillar but in doing it before the eyes of men — at bottom a ballerina bending in the hardest posture for the public's applause.