Who said “The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.”?

“The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.”

“He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.”

“There is no power on earth, that can neutralize the influence of a high, pure, simple and useful life.”

“At the same time, as social beings, we are moved in the relations with our fellow beings by such feelings as sympathy, pride, hate, need for power, pity, and so on.”

“A community is like the ones who govern it.”

“Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.”

“The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.”

“The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.”

“Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them.”

“It is either easy or impossible.”

“This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.”