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• Hope springs eternal
  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.
• hope springs eternal
  hope springs eternal

  People 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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1. 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 Idioms  

1. People 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.

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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," Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said after the caucus meeting.

From Fox News ● Jan. 14, 2020

Hope springs eternal in human breasts but the springs are stronger in the plump folks than in the rest of us.

From How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types by Benedict, Elsie Lincoln

But, you know, hope springs eternal for all actors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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

Between the last watch and this most recent one, there is no more marriage, just me, the dog and the reminded lesson that hope springs eternal, carrying us from one year to the next.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2024

"I will personally continue engaging with the authorities. I'm very determined to do so," he said, adding that "hope springs eternal."

From Reuters ● Dec. 9, 2022

“You understand this is not about your father and me getting back together,” she tells Dalton and his sister, but for kids of divorce, hope springs eternal.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman