Nobody is ashamed of ostentation and show to-day when they indulge in it.
Those who, spend it in ostentation and unnecessary luxury have certainly no sympathy from me.
There is no reason at all, however, why we should pay for ostentation, prestige or luxury.
I hope they have grown up a little now, and have seen the absurdity of such ostentation.
Here he showed no ostentation or bravado but pursued his objectives by quiet, patient and persistent diplomacy.
The whole of that movement was carried out with very little fuss and with no ostentation.
Amongst possible causes is the unlikely case that the leading classes lost interest in having male servants as a symbol of luxury, ostentation, power and riches.
Pay never covered outgoings, particularly given the culture of ostentation to which nobles were addicted.
