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I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | J R R Tolkien |

I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | J R R Tolkien |

Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory -- the world? Then we pygmies must be content to have out paper allegories but ill comprehended.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Herman Melville |

A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory.

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Member Quotes About Allegory

“Murder most foul!” cried the mouse to the owl. “Friend, I’m no sinner; you’re merely my dinner. As you fall on my sword, take it up with the Lord!” the wise owl replied as the tasty snack died. ('Murder Most Fowl!' an allegory about wisdom by Michael R. Burch)

Go to Quote / Comment | Michael Burch |