New Orts #75
June 22 MMXXV
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best — and therefore never scrutinize or question.
— Stephen Jay Gould, Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin, 1996
I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.
— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
But this prying into the family life of a great man. I mean, when we read the poetry of King Lear what is it to us how the poet lived? Peeping and prying into the green-room gossip of the day, the poet's drinking, the poet's debts. We have King Lear, and it is immortal.
— George William Russell (aka Æ or AE or A.E., 1867–1935), Ulysses
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)

Loved the Ghandi and E Roosevelt quotes. Many thanks!!!