In The Gutter But Looking At The Stars

Gutter and stars the two different worlds poles apart the mud and the heaven.

In the gutter but looking at the stars.

Oscar wilde quotes quotable quote we are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars oscar wilde lady windermere s fan tags. Especially the we are all in the gutter part. I was wondering why would oscar wilde say something like that. Bourgeois we re all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.

I bet the first line in the heading tipped you off as much as it did to me. The north star is known as unmoving and unchanged just see how shakespeare used it. Inspirational optimism perception pessimism. Think of the connotations of stars.

Consider the wistfulness of that image of someone lying in the gutter but gazing up at the bright star in heaven. 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.