“Puritanism—the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. —H. L. Mencken (1949)” — Kenneth C. Davis Copy Share Image
Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
[On swingers:] They have gone from Puritanism into promiscuity without passing through sensuality. — Molly Haskell Copy Share Image
There IS more criticism of puritanism, and more distance from Christian morality, than there has been before. — Susie Bright Copy Share Image
One of the strongest features of Puritanism is its autobiographical tendency, its passionate self-regard. — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
Prayer is my chief work, and it is by means of it that I carry on the rest. — Thomas Hooker Copy Share Image
Prostitution, although hounded, imprisoned, and chained, is nevertheless the greatest triumph of Puritanism. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Puritanism, he said, was a reaction to the loss of moral fiber that accompanied the Renaissance.” — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
They successfully combined piracy and puritanism, which aren't so unlike when you come right down to it. Both had a strong dislike… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“It would be safe to say that by the nineteenth century, pietism had long since dislodged Puritanism as the dominant force in… — Stephen J. Nichols Copy Share Image
The American obliviousness towards the suffering of Palestinians refugees plays a major part in radicalizing people. And we are fanning the flames… — Khaled Abou El Fadl Copy Share Image
There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man with a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface everything may look strong and vigorous; yet the poison works its… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Puritanism carried the ethos of the rational organization of capital and labor. It took over from the Jewish ethic only what was… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
Most people divorce because one in the couple falls in love with someone else: it's a common cause of divorce. I still… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
Did you know that Puritanism went hand in hand with dirt, that Oliver Cromwell put a 100 per cent tax on soap… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
My brothers and sister and I were brought up in an atmosphere which I would describe as 'Puritan decadence'. Puritanism names the… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism, but February… Spring is too far away to… — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“religion, the most powerful of the elements which have entered into the formation of moral feeling, having almost always been governed either… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
We won't dispassionately investigate or rationally debate which drugs do what damage and whether or how much of that damage is the… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787. It is the work of… — James Bryce Copy Share Image
Historically the Puritans left England to escape religious persecution, and they promptly turned around and started persecuting the people they didn't agree… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
The puritanism of Christianity has played havoc with the moderation that an enlightened and tolerant critical spirit would have produced. I've noticed… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The chief care of the legislators [in the colonies of New England] was the maintenance of orderly conduct and good morals in… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“The way we speak and think of the Puritans seems to me a serviceable model for important aspects of the phenomenon we… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Americans have an interesting conundrum, a black and white line: You're on one side or the other of Puritanism or licentiousness. But… — Diane Lane Copy Share Image
“Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“While aesthetic richness has prevailed in Indian spiritual life form ancient times, there has also been a parallel puritanical aspect among Indian… — Balajinnatha Pandita Copy Share Image
Puritanism prolonged in America the medieval Christian view of the world and of human destiny. It taught men to distrust their natural… — Ralph Barton Perry Copy Share Image
“The history of New England, and especially of Massachusetts, is full of the horrors that have turned life into gloom, joy into… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“About these developments George Orwell , in Nineteen Eighty-Four , was quite wrong. He described a new kind of state and police… — John Lukacs Copy Share Image
The puritan through life's sweet garden goes to pluck the thorn and cast away the rose. — Kenneth Hare Copy Share Image
“The arrows of death fly unseen at noon-day; the sharpest sight cannot discern them.” — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“Muslim majority countries plagued by religious puritanism, by sexual sickness, by smothered invention.” — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
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