Quotes by Ostentation Simplicity is the mean between ostentation and rusticity. Alexander Pope ostentation simplicity mean I don't do marriage. I think it's incredibly naff. And I don't like vulgar displays of ostentation. Jenny Eclair ostentation vulgar thinking Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen. William Penn ostentation vain deeds The ostentation of our love, which, left unshown, is often left unloved. William Shakespeare ostentation left love Ego suppression can be an act of ostentation. David Milch act suppression ostentation ego