Who wrote the quote 'poor minds talk about people average minds talk about events great minds talk about ideas'?

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2026-05-17 09:21

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The original quote from Eleanor Roosevelt goes like this: Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

There are variations on this quote. Tobias S. Gibson is credited with this shorter version: Great people talk about ideas. Small people talk about other people.

US humorist, Fran Lebowitz's alter version is: Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.

This was said by Socrates.

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