A copper coin cannot compete with a coin of
real value, though you may carry it all round
the country. Wise men approve of nothing
artificial; they like to see a thing approved by the
elders. A crystal may look like a diamond, but a
jeweller will not cast a glance at it. You may
work up a piece of glass into a pearl, but a jeweller
will not handle it. Tuka says, What is the use of
a coquette’s finery? Your own mind will tell
itself what it thinks of it.
real value, though you may carry it all round
the country. Wise men approve of nothing
artificial; they like to see a thing approved by the
elders. A crystal may look like a diamond, but a
jeweller will not cast a glance at it. You may
work up a piece of glass into a pearl, but a jeweller
will not handle it. Tuka says, What is the use of
a coquette’s finery? Your own mind will tell
itself what it thinks of it.