Parable Originally

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“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.

“The legislator should direct his attention above all to the education of youth; for the neglect of education does harm to the constitution. The citizen should be molded to suit the form of government under which he lives. For each government has a peculiar character which originally formed and which continues to preserve it. The character of democracy creates democracy, and the character of oligarchy creates oligarchy.”
—Aristotle (384–323 B.C.)