Parable

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:

    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.

    Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.
    Simone Weil (1909–1943)