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Ostentation
Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin,
American
Clergyman
#Hypocrisy
#Ostentation
Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
John Locke,
English
Philosopher
#Nothing
#Fashion
#Ostentation
Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.
Riccardo Muti,
Italian
Celebrity
#Commitment
#Spirit
#Wisdom
#Simplicity
#Wealth
#Ambition
#Nobility
#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.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Words
#End
#Speech
#Ostentation
That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca,
Roman
Statesman
#Pride
#Ambition
#Ostentation