Parable
A parable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, which illustrates one or more instructive principles, or lessons, or (sometimes) a normative principle. It differs from a fable in that fables use animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as characters, while parables generally feature human characters. It is a type of analogy.
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Famous quotes containing the word parable:
“For many are called, but few are chosen.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 22:14.
In the parable of the marriage of the king’s son.
“On every parable you ride to every truth.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 25:21.
Here and in 25:23, said to the two “profitable servants” in the parable of the talents.