quote du jour

[jawnbc]

Puritanism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy.
-- H.L. Mencken

[ganked from someone on a Eurovision listserv]

Comments

[madknits.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

I do wish people would leave the poor Puritans alone.

My favourite quote is "Second marriages are the triumph of hope over experience."

Don't remember who said it, though.

[jawnbc]

Did that offend?

[madknits.livejournal.com]

No, not at all!

I've just been musing on the Puritans recently, and how they are different from the people we call Pilgrims (early settlers in New England). And how much of what we consider to be Puritan morality is really Victorian. The Puritans come across as very dour, but the reality was different.

No, not at all offended. Just made me think some.
;-)

[jawnbc]

But both anabaptist, non?

[skeezix1000.livejournal.com]

"Social conservatism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy and living their life differently than yours."

My own little twist on a good quote.