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More Allegorical Quotes

This quote is filed under Allegorical Quotes, one of 19 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and… — Annie Besant
• You're free to speculate as you wish about the philosophical and allegorical meaning of the film—and such speculation is one… — Stanley Kubrick
• I believe in the theory of evolution, but I believe as well in the allegorical truth of creation theory. In… — Christopher Langan
• Whenever you find a preacher who takes the Bible allegorically and figuratively...that preacher is preaching an allegorical gospel which is… — J. Frank Norris
• Have you considered that the Bible, like all religious doctrine, may be allegorical and symbolic, to direct us toward one… — Russell Brand
• The bad thing about all religions is that, instead of being able to confess their allegorical nature, they have to… — Arthur Schopenhauer
• I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show… — Samuel Johnson
• Among the many problems with taking the Bible literally is it reduces the most mysterious and complex of realities to… — Jon Meacham
• The men who were well enough to stand had moved across the carriage to cheer the Italians as they went… — George Orwell
• Q.Do you have any positive message, in your opinion? A.Indeed I do think that I do. Q.Such as what? A.The… — Tennessee Williams
• Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like… — China Mieville
• A metaphorical weight lifted from his allegorical chest and Artemis Fowl felt himself again. — Eoin Colfer

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