Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.
Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
I don't do marriage. I think it's incredibly naff. And I don't like vulgar displays of ostentation.
The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.
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.
Affectation of candour is common enough—one meets with it everywhere. But to be candid without ostentation or design—to take the good of everybody's character and make it still better, and say nothing of the bad—belongs to you alone.
Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in the coarse pleasures he indulges in today -- gluttony, fornication, ostentation, boasting, and envious vying with his neighbor? I am certa...
To conclude, therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but...
was a great man; few other men of the 20th century approach his stature. He was simple, calm and courageous. He seldom lost his poise; pondered his problems slowly, made his decisions clearly and firmly; never yielded to ostentation nor coyly refrain...
