Hope springs eternal
People always hope for the best, even in the face of adversity. This saying is from “An Essay on Man,” by Alexander Pope.
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hope springs eternal
hope springs eternalPeople will keep on hoping, no matter what the odds. For example, I keep buying lottery tickets—hope springs eternal. This expression was coined by Alexander Pope (An Essay on Man, 1732) and quickly became proverbial.
Hope springs eternal
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hope springs eternal
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Hope springs eternal in by-elections at the best of times, but now there's genuine excitement among those still in the race about where those potential 24,000 Labour votes will go.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2024
Hope springs eternal across a crowded table of contents.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
Hope springs eternal for Elmer Fudd come rabbit season!
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2021
Hope springs eternal or you can try watching on your computer or casting to your TV/projecting onto your wall.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2020
Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest.
From Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett
But the great virtue of democracy is that, as long as there’s another election on the horizon, hope springs eternal for Congress doing something.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
In a reminder that hope springs eternal: performing arts promoter Martin Elbourne, who founded the festival, points to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Still, hope springs eternal for the franchise, thanks to the play last season of rookie quarterback C.J.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2024
But hope springs eternal, and so does fear of angering the White House.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2023
Matchmaking hope springs eternal in the desi Muslim mom’s imagination.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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