A Man Once Said: Why such reluctance? If you only followed the parables you yourselves would become parables and with that rid of all your daily cares.
Another Said: I bet that is also a parable.
The First Said: You have won.
The Second Said: But unfortunately only in parable.
The First Said: No, in reality: in parable you have lost.
"On Parables", translation by Willa and Edwin Muir - The Complete Stories (1971)