Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people

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   RudeJude on February 13, 2020 at 12:23 pm

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   Idea: Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people

   Link: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-small-minds-d...

   I like this, from an answer on quora “Small minds discuss people- Some people are so jobless, I’m sorry if this brings offense to anyone but, they’re so jobless, they back-bite or they talk about another individual’s decisions. They “discuss people,”. They waste their own lives by discussing about the lives of other people.

   Average minds discuss events- The same. They discuss events. Not people, events. Events that happen around the world. But events. Something happened at this place earlier? Ah let us talk about it- sort of a thing.

   Great Minds discuss ideas- Y’all have a life. One. Life. Why would you waste it discussing about other people or events? Why not make some use out of it and discuss your own ideas to improve your own life rather than loitering around & preventing people from aiming their goals? Use. Your. Life.”

   Why do small minds discuss people, average minds discuss events, great minds discuss ideas?

   Link: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-sma

   Answer (1 of 10): Small minds - We all know the saying, if you can’t say something nice, say nothing at all, but many don’t live by it. Why? The first reason is simple, because it feels good… When a person knows something about someone else that no one else knows (aka a secret or the “inside... Read more

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   Stella on February 13, 2020 at 12:22 pm

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   Idea: Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people

   Link: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/472923-st...

   Actually Socrates said this. Great presidents’ wives only discuss other people’s ideas – or they would have been president no?. Hmm

   A quote by Socrates

   Link: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes

   Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.

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