Quotes of Puritanism - somelinesforyou

“ Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ Puritanism…helps us enjoy our misery while we are inflicting it on others. ”

- Marcel Ophuls

“ Puritanism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ The most serious charge that can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February. ”

- Joseph Wood Krutch

“ I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican. ”

- Stevie Smith
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