As headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Each character is an allegory for every aspect of human existence. Vanna Bonta
A fairytale is not an allegory. There may be allegory in it, but it is not an allegory. George MacDonald
All perishable is but an allegory. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers. Naguib Mahfouz
You can make the Ring an allegory of our own time, if you like: an allegory of the inevitable fate that awaits all attempts to defeat evil power by power. But that is only because all power magical or mechanical does always so work. J. R. R. Tolkien