Puritanism—The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

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Mencken, Henry Louis. "Arcana Coelestia." A Mencken Chrestomathy. Alfred A. Knopf, 1949, ch. 30.

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A quote by H.L. Mencken about puritanism: “Puritanism—The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”

A quote by H.L. Mencken about puritanism: “Puritanism—The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”

A quote by H.L. Mencken about puritanism: “Puritanism—The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”