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Puritanism: the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happ

Puritanism: the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. – H.L. Mencken

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If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl. – H.L. Mencken

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No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not. – H.L. Mencken

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