We All Live In The Gutter

But we all seem to react to situations events and challenges that arrive in our life very differently.

We all live in the gutter.

Those who lay in the gutter and curse their fate are waiting for someone or some outside force to change their lives. We are all in the gutter but some of us are counting the nitrous oxide canisters this article is more than 1 month old. We are all in the gutter everyone whether they admit it or not has their own challenges struggles and life issues it is a natural part of being human. The quote comes from lady windermere s fan a play oscar wilde wrote early on in his career.

I bet the first line in the heading tipped you off as much as it did to me. Friends who liked this quote. It takes on a quite a different meaning from the other answers when you look at it in context. To me the difference is which we rely on which we do the most often.

We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars oscar wilde lady windermere s fan. We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking to the stars. The speaker is lord darlington variously described by othe. Inspirational optimism perception pessimism.

I was wondering why would oscar wilde say something like that. In all our lives there will be times when we have no other choice besides doing for ourselves and others when we must rely on others.