“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

What does it mean?

Everyone has problems and faults, but some people still look up and dream of something better. Your situation does not decide your hopes.

Key vocabulary

gutter

the channel at the side of a street that carries away rainwater; also a symbol of a very low, poor life

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