We Are All In The Gutter But Some Of Us Are Looking At The Stars Oscar Wilde

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I bet the first line in the heading tipped you off as much as it did to me. The quote however differentiates between those who just lay there and bemoan their fate and those who look up at the stars. The quote comes from lady windermere s fan a play oscar wilde wrote early on in his career. Oscar wilde ha d ever produced qtd in fitzsimons 156.

It s one of the greatest quotes of all time but do you know the meaning. We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars oscar wilde. Consider the wistfulness of that image of someone lying in the gutter but gazing up at those bright stars in the. We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars oscar wilde lady windermere s fan.

Gutter and stars the two different worlds poles apart the mud and the heaven. This is not to say that there isn t any sadness in the stories oscar is probably not the only one who has shed a tear for that giant but the poignancy is on a. Being in the gutter was an expression of utter despair and hopelessness of having gone down as low as one could possibly go. That story the selfish giant was part of the happy prince and other tales which the irish times reviewer went on to call one of the happiest works which mr.

We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars oscar wilde we are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars oscar wilde. In this case the quote implies that we are all struggling in our own gutter of sorts a place where we have nought but despair and hopelessness.