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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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It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin. – 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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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. – H.L. Mencken

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Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them? – Charles de Secondat

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I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. – Mahatma Gandhi

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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. – Lucretius

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