‘Ostentation is the flaunting of expensive accoutrements for
the express purpose of garnering empty approbation, and in so doing
demonstrates a cheapness of spirit.’
If I were ever to become very rich, I hope and trust that I
wouldn’t stoop to such a demonstration. If you think that’s an example of
inverted snobbery, you might be partly right, or you might be wholly wrong.
And of course, if I were to buy a top-of-the-top-range
Jaguar simply because I liked the look of it and didn’t give a damn what
anybody else thought, it wouldn’t be ostentation, would it?
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