The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seld… - H. L. Mencken

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The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable.

H. L. Mencken

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Henry Louis Mencken (12 September 1880 – 29 January 1956), known as H. L. Mencken, was a twentieth-century journalist, satirist, social critic, cynic, and freethinker, known as the "Sage of Baltimore" and the "American Nietzsche". He is often regarded as one of the most influential American writers of the early 20th century.

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