In which chapter is the classic sentence about The Moon and Sixpence found?

Each chapter has it.

1. I didn’t understand at that time how contradictory human nature is, how much artificiality there is in sincerity, how much despicability there is in nobility, or how much virtue can be found even in evil.

Despicableness and greatness, viciousness and kindness, hatred and love can coexist in the same heart without being mutually exclusive. This sentence is easiest for our countrymen to understand. There is also evil behind the talk of "benevolence, justice and morality". Isn’t the superficial benevolence and righteousness expected to be rewarded? Therefore, using morality to condemn others is the most immoral behavior.

2. Most people are not the kind of people they want to be, but the kind of people they have to be. This book tells us that except for the despicable and irresponsible protagonist Strickland, everyone is not the kind of person they want to be.

But I am still standing on the same rickety canoe, and I still accuse other people of how dangerous their boats are, saying it is for the good of others. Is this really the case?

3. If you think about self-esteem when it comes to love, there can only be one reason: in fact, you still love yourself the most. How many people pretend to love others, but actually love themselves the most?

4. The clown's lips are smiling, and his jokes are getting funnier, because when he makes people laugh, he feels even more unbearable loneliness. Do you understand this sentence?

5. I don’t need love. I don't have time for love. This is the weakness of human nature. I'm a man and sometimes I need a woman. But once my lust was satisfied, I was ready for something else.

True words are sometimes ugly, but they are the most sincere words. We are all covering up the most natural nature of human beings. This is the sexual desire that everyone has, and some people have to add something to this desire. A high-sounding explanation, this is love.

Related content explanation:

"The Moon and Sixpence" is a novel created by the British novelist William Somerset Maugham, written in 1919.

The work is based on the life of French Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin. It describes an originally ordinary London stockbroker, Strickland, who suddenly became obsessed with art and abandoned his wife and children. He gave up what others thought was a prosperous and happy life, went to Tahiti in the South Pacific, wrote his own glorious life with a paintbrush, and injected all the value of life into the gorgeous canvas.