"O intelligence coarse, dense, and, as it were, cow-like, which did not recognize God, even in His own works! Perhaps the jew will complain that I call his intelligence bovine. But let him read what is said by the prophet Isaias, and he will find that his intelligence is even less than bovine. For Isaias says: 'The ox knows his Owner, and the ass knows his Master’s crib; but Israel has not known Me, and My people have not understood' (i.3). You see, O jew, I am easier on you than your own prophet. I have compared you to brute beasts, but he places you even below them!" ~ St. Bernard