"Apologue" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... also to remember that it was through his friendship with Jesus that John received his sweetness and lovingness of character. An old Persian apologue tells that one found a piece of fragrant clay in his garden, and that when asked how it got its perfume the clay replied, "One laid me on a rose." John lived near the heart of Jesus, and the love of that heart of gentleness ...
— Personal Friendships of Jesus • J. R. Miller
... Carter [John Lord Carteret], Clerk of the Vestry and present favorite of his Lordship, is not behind Robin in his care for the Manor of MUMLAND' [In Westminster Journal (Feb. 12th, n.s., 1743), a long Apologue in this strain.] (that contemptible Country, where their very beer is called ...
— History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIV. (of XXI.) • Thomas Carlyle
... Apologue or Beast-fable proper, a theme which may be of any age, as it is found in the hieroglyphs and ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10 • Richard F. Burton |
