一、关于梦想与现实的冲突

1. "The moon is the noble dream that is high and unattainable, while the sixpence is the humble income one must earn to survive. How many people just timidly glance at the moon and then continue to chase after the sixpence for sustenance."

（月亮是高不可攀的崇高梦想，六便士是勉强维持生计的卑微收入。有多少人只是怯懦地仰望月亮，却仍为温饱追逐六便士？）

2. "Strickland was in good humour, and when Dirk Stroeve came up and sat down with us he attacked him with ferocious banter. He showed a skill I should never have."

（斯特里克兰德性格幽默，当斯特罗夫坐下来与他争执时，他以犀利的言辞反击，展现了我从未具备的技巧。）

二、关于人性与社会的批判

3. "In order to make the soul quiet, a person has to do two things he doesn't like."

（要使灵魂宁静，一个人必须每天做两件他不喜欢的事。）

4. "Some people's chest has been stained with so many tears, I不忍再把 my tears on them."

（有些人的胸膛已流过太多泪水，我实在不忍再为他们的悲伤落泪。）

三、关于艺术与生活的哲学

5. "Art is the expression of emotion."

（艺术是情感的宣泄。）

6. "A man is not what he wants to be, but what he has to be."

（人往往不是他想成为的，而是不得不成为的。）

四、关于自我认知的觉醒

7. "The world is full of strange and wonderful things, but most people are too busy looking at the ground."

（世界上充满了奇妙的事物，但大多数人却忙于脚下。）

8. "We are like people living in a country whose language they know so little that, with all manner of beautiful and profound things to say, they are condemned to the silence."

（我们就像生活在自己语言不通的国家里，纵有千言万语，却只能保持沉默。）

这些摘抄涵盖书中核心主题，包括理想主义与现实主义的冲突、人性的复杂性、艺术的本质等，可帮助理解毛姆通过斯特里克兰德形象探讨的深层社会与心理问题。