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:

    “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)

    “I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.”
    —Bible: New Testament Luke, 16:3.

    The unjust steward in the Parable of the Unjust Steward.