This conduct represents abjection, not glory. We do not grow wild like weeds on plains and river banks. We are not little birds content with some seeds. If we stick to wearing our own homespun, what matter to us Whether others' brocade has gone up in price or down. Worn out cloth of our own manufacture is comelier Than the silk produced by foreigners.
Any clew spun by the spindle of wisdom in the workshop of ambition turns into linen and silk.
Not by wearing earrings, necklaces, and coral bracelets can a woman count herself a great lady. The hands and neck of a good woman, O Parvin, deserve the jewels of learning, not of color. Glossary chador a veil worn by Persian women covering the entire body and dress from head to toe. Loghman a legendary philosopher recognized in Islamic tradition as a symbol of wisdom.