Classic quotations from Somerset Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence"

There were sixpences all over the ground, but he looked up and saw the moon.

God’s millstone turns slowly, but it grinds finely.

Sympathy and consideration are a rare skill that is often abused by those who know they have it.

The clown's lips were smiling, and his jokes were getting funnier, for while he was making people laugh he felt even more unbearably lonely.

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.

Despicableness and greatness, viciousness and kindness, hatred and love can coexist in the same heart without being mutually exclusive.

The most important ingredient of love is tenderness.

What is art? Art is an expression of emotion, and art uses a language that everyone can understand.

Writers are more concerned with understanding human nature than judging it.

I think some people are born in a certain place and don't get what they deserve. Chance throws them into an environment at random, but they always miss a hometown they don't know where it is.

It is not true to say that disasters and misfortunes can make human nature noble; sometimes it is happiness and pride that makes people behave noblely. Disasters and misfortunes in most cases can only make people narrow-minded. , more revengeful.

I find it intolerable to me that women prefer to be magnanimous when their loved ones are dying. Sometimes I even think that they don't want men to live too long, just because they are afraid that the opportunity to perform this good show will be delayed too late.

I always feel that most people who spend their lives like this lack something. I recognize the social value of this kind of life, and I see its orderly happiness, but there is a strong desire in my blood for a more wild and uninhibited journey. My heart yearns for a more thrilling life.

Doing what you want to do most, living in an environment you like, being quiet and uncontested, is this a waste of yourself? On the contrary, being a famous surgeon can earn an annual salary of Is marrying a beautiful wife a success for ten thousand pounds? I think it all depends on how a person views the meaning of life, what obligations he thinks he should have towards society, and what requirements he has for himself.

Only a few people in the world can finally achieve their ideals. Our life is very simple and simple. We are not ambitious, and if we are proud, it is pride in thinking of the fruits of our labor. We are neither jealous nor resentful toward others. Well, my dear sir, some people think that the happiness of labor is empty talk, but that is not the case with me. I deeply feel the importance of this sentence. I am a very happy person.

Each of us is alone in the world. Everyone is imprisoned in an iron tower and can only rely on some symbols to communicate his thoughts with others; and these symbols do not have the same value, so their meaning is vague and uncertain. It is very pitiful that we want to convey the wealth in our hearts to others, but they do not have the ability to receive this wealth. Therefore, we can only walk alone, although our bodies are close to each other, we are not together, neither understanding nor being understood by others.

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. I couldn't overcome my desire, I hated it, it imprisoned my spirit. I hope that one day in the future, I will no longer be dominated by desires and devote myself to my work without any obstacles. Because women can't do anything else except fall in love, they regard love as very important, almost to the point of being ridiculous. They also want to convince us that all human life is love. In fact love is an insignificant part of life. I only know lust. This is normal and healthy. Love is a disease. Women are my tools for pleasure, and I hate their requests for career assistants and life partners.

If a woman falls in love with you, she will not be satisfied unless she also possesses your soul. Because women are weak, they have a very strong desire to dominate and will not be reconciled until they have complete control over you. Women are narrow-minded and are very averse to abstract things that they cannot understand. All they think about are material things, so they are very jealous of spirituality and ideals. A man's soul wanders in the farthest reaches of the universe, but a woman wants to imprison it in the life account book of the family's income and expenditure. Do you remember my wife? I noticed that Blanche was gradually using my wife's little tricks. With infinite patience, she was ready to snare me and tie my hands and feet. She wants to bring me down to her level; she doesn't care about me as a person, and all she wants is for me to be attached to her. She would do anything in the world for me except one thing: leave me alone. Somerset Maugham's classic quotations

1. Despicableness and greatness, viciousness and kindness, hatred and love can coexist in the same heart without being mutually exclusive.

2. What must be combined with creative impulse in order for a writer to write valuable works? I think it's personality. Some personalities are delightful and some are unpleasant, and that doesn't matter. The important thing is that the writer is able to see things in a unique way by virtue of his or her character. Even if his way of looking at the problem is neither reasonable nor true in the eyes of the public, it doesn't matter.

3. There is no point in crying if the milk is spilled, because all the forces in the universe are deliberately trying to spill the milk.

4. Even the flood cannot destroy love. Huo, if he loves her, his heart will soften sooner or later, and he will be unable to help himself and continue to love her.

5. When you fall in love at the age of twenty, you think it will be eternal. But when you are fifty, you have seen through life and love, and you know that it is just a fleeting moment. Lost stuff.

6. When you get older, you will realize that to make the world a tolerable place to live, you must first admit that human selfishness is inevitable.

7. To me, love is everything, and you are my everything. But it turns out to be just a small episode for you. How can I stand it?

8. Few men learn to reject women, and by the time they understand the intention of a woman’s words, they will be too old to move.

9. Maybe all the wrong and stupid things she has done, and all the hardships she has endured, are not all meaningless. That will be a road to peace.

10. I won’t even think about what will happen in the future. If you think about today and worry about tomorrow all day long, what's the meaning of life? Even if things get as bad as they can get, I think there is always a way out.

11. We are different this year from last year, and so are our lovers. It is a happy surprise if we who change still love the person who changes.

12. There were six pennies all over the ground, but he looked up and saw the moon.

13. Beauty is a gift from God, the rarest and most precious gift. If we are blessed with beauty, we should be grateful. If we don’t, then we should thank others whose beauty brings us pleasure.

14. Beauty is flawless, and anything flawless can only attract us for a while (this is human nature).

15. I find it intolerable to me that women prefer to be magnanimous when their loved ones are dying. Sometimes I even think that they don’t want men to live too long, just because they are afraid that the opportunity to perform this good show will be delayed too late.

16. Overflowing enthusiasm is a sign of lack of education. Enthusiastic and impulsive, it is definitely not the demeanor that a gentleman should have. It is reminiscent of the noisy scenes of the Salvation Army. Enthusiasm means change.

17. People are not single, good or bad, everyone is a mixture of noble and ordinary, good and evil.

18. When a person is born into the world, he suffers and finally closes his eyes and dies. Life has no meaning, and people live without purpose. Born or not born, alive or dead, it doesn't matter. Life is insignificant and death is insignificant.

19. I love you so humblely and silently. I am not good at expressing myself, and I am not hypocritical or pretentious. I always do less than I think. What appears in my eyes is by no means empty, unless it comes from the bottom of my heart. My love and gratitude to God, I will never have any regrets when I leave, I am still deeply attached and reluctant to let go.

20. If your happiness is no longer so strong, then your pain will no longer be so heart-wrenching.

21. The end of life is like a person reading at dusk, reading and reading, without noticing that the light is getting darker; until he stops to rest, he suddenly realizes that the day has passed and the sky is already very dark. I looked down at the book but couldn't see anything clearly. The pages no longer made sense.

22. The greatest torture in the world is to love with contempt at the same time.

23. He did not understand that on the journey of life, he had to cross a large area of ??arid, barren and dangerous wilderness before he could enter the living reality. The so-called saying that youth is more happy is just an illusion, an illusion of people whose youth has passed away

24. He is cowardly and vain, and he is so vain that you have to be careful not to hurt him. his feelings. He confused his idleness with idealism to the point where he himself could not distinguish the two.

25. She used to live in heaven, but now heaven is lost. She can't get used to living in the ordinary world of ordinary people, so out of despair, she dives into hell.

26. Sympathy and consideration are a rare skill, but one that is often abused by those who know they have it.

27. In order to make the soul peaceful, a person should do two things he doesn't like every day.

28. Why do likeable women always marry idiots? Because a man with brains will not marry a lovable woman.

29. There are so many things I don’t understand. Life is so strange and strange. I was like a person who has been sitting in a well and looking at the sky all his life, and suddenly saw the sea. I was breathless and excited at the same time. I don't want to die, I want to live. I felt new hope. I am like a stubborn old sailor, raising the sail again and setting sail towards the unknown sea. My heart longs for the unknown world.

30. I have never known why people fall in love with another person. I guess maybe there is a gap in our hearts. It is a hole that fills the soul. The biting cold wind blows, so we urgently need a heart with the right shape to fill it. Even if you are a perfect circle like the sun, the gap in my heart may just be a crooked zigzag shape, so you fill it No.

31. The lesson I learned from this incident is that the author should get the reward of writing a book from the joy of writing and the venting of the thoughts accumulated in his heart; he should not mind anything else. , whether his work succeeds or fails, whether he is praised or slandered, he should take it lightly.

32. We are always more tolerant of vanity than arrogance because vain people are very sensitive to our evaluation, thus satisfying our self-esteem; while arrogant people are indifferent to this, which results in hurting our self-esteem. self-esteem.

33. Each of us is alone in the world. Although we are physically close to each other, we are not together. We neither understand nor can we be understood by others.

34. What I want is something to focus on. I want roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. I won’t be satisfied if you give me bread and milk.

35. I know that I will have to allow myself to feel bitter regret for the life I have spent this way, but I deny that this regret has anything to do with myself. Now, I am weak, old, poor and sick, and on the verge of death, but I still hold my soul tightly in my hands. I have nothing to regret.

36. I always feel that most people seem to lack something when they spend their lives like this. I recognize the social value of this kind of life, and I see its orderly happiness, but there is a strong desire in my blood for a more wild and uninhibited journey. My heart yearns for a more thrilling life.

37. If everyone only spoke when they had something to say, it would not be long before humans would be unable to speak.

38. Perhaps we don’t realize that we value our power to influence people because they respect our opinions, and we dislike those we cannot influence. I think this is the most festering wound in human self-esteem.

39. 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.

40. In this way, the crux of the problem is to figure out what kind of person you are. Once this is clear, your philosophical system will come naturally.

41. As a person who falls in love, the difference between men and women is: women can fall in love all day and all night, but men can only do this kind of thing sometimes and for a while. Classic Blade Quotes Somerset Maugham

1. If work does not have motivation, it is not work at all, just an empty action.

2. He taught that everyone is greater than he thinks he is, and that wisdom is the path to liberation. He taught that one does not have to become a monk to escape the sea of ??suffering, as long as the word "I" is removed.

3. She used to live in heaven, but now heaven is lost. She can't get used to living in the ordinary world of ordinary people, so out of despair, she dives into hell.

4. A razor is sharp, and it is difficult to overcome; a wise man has a saying that he can overcome a small number of people.

5. I believe that the highest ideal a person can pursue is self-improvement.

6. I want to live in the world and love everything in the world. Nothing can hurt me and nothing needs to hurt me. I am willing to accept life in all its forms, no matter how sad and painful it is. ; I feel that only by endless life, one life after another, can I satisfy my desires, my vitality, and my curiosity.

7. The edge of a sword is difficult to cross; therefore the wise say that the way to salvation is difficult.

8. Because people, men and women, are not just themselves; they are also the country where they were born, the farm or city apartment where they grew up, the games they played as children, the classics of mountains and seas they listened to in private, the food they eat. Food, school, sports, hymns to sing, and God to believe in. All these things made them what they are now, and these things cannot be understood by hearsay. You have to live with those people. To understand this, you must be these.

9. This does not mean she is a bad person. Many people of high status drink alcohol and like to do dirty things. These are bad habits, just like biting your nails. It can only get so bad. I believe that those who lie, cheat, and are cruel are the real bad people.

10. Self-sacrifice is an overwhelming emotion that makes lust and hunger pale in comparison. It gives man the highest estimate of his own character and drives him to destruction. Somerset Maugham's classic quotations on the blade

1. A razor is sharp, and it is difficult to get sharper; a wise man has a saying that he can overcome the sparseness of people.

2. I believe that the highest ideal a person can pursue is self-improvement.

3. The edge of a knife is difficult to cross; therefore the wise say that the way to salvation is difficult.

4. If work does not have motivation, it is not work at all, it is just an empty action.

5. She used to live in heaven, but now heaven is lost. She can't get used to living in the ordinary world of ordinary people, so out of despair, she dives into hell.

6. He taught that everyone is greater than he thinks he is, and that wisdom is the path to liberation. He taught that one does not have to become a monk to escape the sea of ??suffering, as long as the word "I" is removed.

7. Self-sacrifice is an overwhelming emotion, even lust and hunger are insignificant compared with it. It gives man the highest estimate of his own character and drives him to destruction.

8. This does not mean that she is a bad person. Many people of high status drink alcohol and like to do dirty things. These are bad habits, just like biting your nails. It can only get so bad. I believe that those who lie, cheat, and are cruel are the real bad people.

9. I want to live in the world and love everything in the world. Nothing can hurt me and nothing needs to hurt me. I am willing to accept life in all its forms, no matter how sad and painful it is. ; I feel that only by living endlessly, one life after another, can I satisfy my desires, my vitality, and my curiosity.

10. Because people, men and women, are not just themselves; they are also the country where they were born, the farm or city apartment where they grew up, the games they played as children, the classics of mountains and seas they listened to in private, the food they eat. Food, school, sports, hymns to sing, and God to believe in. All these things made them what they are now, and these things cannot be understood by hearsay. You have to live with those people. To understand this, you must be these.

11. Summer passes like this. Eliot busied himself from one end of the Riviera to the other, lunching in Cannes and supper in Monte Carlo, taking out all the copies to suit tea parties at one place or cocktails at that place. Yes; and no matter how tired I am, I always try my best to be amiable and talk and laugh happily. He has a lot of inside news, and he dares to tell the details of some recent scandals. Except for those who are directly related, no one knows earlier than him. If you tell him that this kind of life is useless, he will look at you in disbelief without concealing his surprise. He will think you are ignorant.

12. Earthly satisfaction is temporary, only infinity can provide lasting joy and happiness. However, endless time cannot make goodness better, nor can it make whiteness whiter. If the rose at noon loses its beauty in the morning, its beauty in the morning remains true. Everything in the world has its end. Unless we are fools, we would ask for things to remain unchanged forever. However, if we don’t grab what we have and enjoy it in time, we must be even more foolish. If trading is the nature of things, we would think that it is most reasonable to regard this as the premise of our philosophy of life. None of us can bathe in the same river twice. However, as the river flows away, the water that follows is still as cool and refreshing.

13. When most people are in love, they will come up with various reasons to convince themselves that acting according to their own wishes is the only reasonable action. I think this is the reason why there are so many unhappy marriages. They are like those who leave their affairs to a person who they know is a bad guy; because this bad guy is very good to themselves, they are unwilling to believe that a bad guy is a bad guy first and then a friend, and they firmly believe that this person is a bad guy first and then a friend. Although you are dishonest to others, you will never be honest to yourself. Larry is quite strong in his unwillingness to sacrifice the life he chose for Isabel, but losing Isabel may be more intolerable than he expected. Maybe he is like most of us, wanting to eat the cake but also keeping it to watch.

14. Lust comes at any cost. Paskar said that emotions have their reasons that reason cannot understand. If he means what I imagined, it means that when lust controls emotions, emotions will invent some reasons that are not only reasonable, but also fully prove that the world can be completely destroyed for love in the face of love. It makes you believe that honor is worth sacrificing and shame is cheap. Lust is destructive. If it doesn't destroy people, it dies. At that time, a person will feel lost and realize that he has wasted most of his life, enduring the severe pain caused by jealousy, being humiliated, swallowing his anger, and giving away all his tenderness and sweetness, all his soul. All the wealth is wasted on the other person, and the other person is just a shabby shoe, a fool, an excuse to create many dreams for himself, not even worth a piece of gummy candy.

Introduction to "The Blade"

Written by William Somerset Maugham, the novel is about Larry Darrell, a young American pilot who participated in the First World War. In the army, Larry met an Irish friend: This man was usually such a lively and risk-free pilot, but in an encounter, he was shot and died trying to save Larry. As a result, Larry felt confused about life and could not understand why there was evil and misfortune in the world. Larry began his incredible transformation. "The Blade" was published in 1944 and was his first novel after coming to the United States in 1940. We can see that the protagonist Larry is a product of the First World War, and the era between the two wars he reflects is the twilight era of Eurocentrism.

During this period, although the cultural center of the world was still in Europe, and in Maugham's view, the cultural center of Europe was undoubtedly France, it could no longer give satisfactory answers to those who came here to seek the true meaning of life. Larry read extensively in Paris and learned several languages. However, Paris and France only became his midway point; what he finally brought to Canada was not the Catholic Church where Father Ensham wanted to bring him back as a lost lamb. It was not the mysticism he wanted to hear from the Polish miner Kosti, but the Indian Vedas philosophy and so on.