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Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
Ego suppression can be an act of ostentation.
Simplicity is the mean between ostentation and rusticity.
Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
The ostentation of our love, which, left unshown, is often left unloved.
That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.
I don't do marriage. I think it's incredibly naff. And I don't like vulgar displays of ostentation.
In Mumbai, the air is saltier. The sea is roilier. The traffic is snarlier. The pinks are pinker. The ostentation is crazier.
Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
Unless some other factor is operative, in large, weak and underpopulated states, the luxury of ostentation prevails over that of comfort; but in countries which are more populous than extensive, the luxury of comfort always diminishes ostentation.