This sentence is said by Lord Darlington in the third act of "Lady Windermere's Fan" written by the British-Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900). It means: " We're all in the ghetto, but some of us are looking up to the stars." Darlington originally meant "we are all in the gutter." The "star" in the sentence refers to the woman he loves.

This phrase is currently used as a refrain in several songs, and it is generally agreed that it means "We all start from the same base, and we can settle for the status quo, but some of us want to Pursue a dream and strive for success with enough perseverance and courage."

The full sentence is translated as: I am in the corner of a well, my heart is bright.

Oscar Wilde (Oscar Wilde, October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900), was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 19th century Britain (to be precise, Ireland, but it was ruled by Britain at the time) One of the greatest writers and artists, famous for his plays, poems, fairy tales and novels, a representative of aestheticism, the main force of the aesthetic movement in the 1880s and the pioneer of the decadent movement in the 1890s

Reference Information: Baidu Encyclopedia-Oscar Wilde