"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
"To appear to be on the inside and know more than others about what is going on is a great temptation for most people. It is a rare person who is willing to seem to know less than he does ... Somehow, people seem to feel that it is belittling to their importance not to know more than other people."
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Source: Eleanor Roosevelt (1962). “Book of common sense etiquette”
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