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“Ben's Mr. Market allegory may seem out-of-date in today's investment world, in which most professionals and academicians talk of efficient markets, dynamic hedging and betas. Their interest in such matters is understandable, since techniques shrouded in mystery clearly have value to the purveyor of investment advice. After all, what witch doctor has ever achieved fame and fortune by simply advising 'Take two aspirins'?”

“Allegories are, in the realm of thought, what ruins are in the realm of things.”

Ruins Realms Allegory

Book:The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media

Source: The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media

“You can make the Ring into an allegory of our own time, if you like: and allegory of the inevitable fate that waits for all attempts to defeat evil power by power.”

Ifs Evil Waiting Fate Defeat Rings Inevitable Allegory Inevitable Fate

Book:The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

Source: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

“'Ever seen a leaf - a leaf from a tree?' 'Yes.' I saw one recently - a yellow one, a little green, wilted at the edges. Blown by the wind. When I was a little boy, I used to shut my eyes in winter and imagine a green leaf, with veins on it, and the sun shining ...' 'What's this - an allegory?' "No; why? Not an allegory - a leaf, just a leaf. A leaf is good. Everything's good.'”

Littles Eye Used Boys Sun Saws Imagine Tree Wind Green Shining Winter Edges Why Not Yellow Leafs Veins Little Boys Allegory Green Leaves

Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance. It is tumbleweed distress that thrives on thin air, growing despite its detachment from the nourishing earth. It can be described only in metaphor and allegory”

Earth Grief Growing Air Circumstances Depression Metaphor Despite Proportion Thrive Distress Detachment Allegory Thin Air Tumbleweeds

Book:The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression

Source: The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression