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Kyle Smith gives us his take on the parable starring Alexander Skarsgård and Olivia Colman set in a fairy-tale village.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
“Go and Do Likewise” is centered around the parable of the Good Samaritan from the Bible.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Yet the ancient Greek poet Archilochus, who gave us the parable of the fox and the hedgehog, suggests that the hedgehog’s one big trick may defeat all the tricks the fox can try.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Swindon, for so long a political bellwether, is perhaps providing a parable of Englishness.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
God was testing him like Job, he declared, and the point of that particular parable was that Job had done no wrong to begin with.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Ms. Strout has developed her true mastery in an archetypal mode, writing stories that resemble secular parables or everyman morality dramas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Buffett’s lessons and parables remind me of the volatility in technology stocks this year.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
The first and second seasons are light parables that take on toxic masculinity, the weight of fatherhood and healing traumatic personal legacies.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2024
There are lengthy jokes, a smattering of horror, some nonfiction, even romances, poetry and parables.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
The social insects, especially ants, have been sources of all kinds of parables, giving lessons in industry, interdependence, altruism, humility, frugality, patience.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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