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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Asked about the prospect of a ceasefire in the Strip, he says: "Hope springs eternal."
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024
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, after all, and dies last.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2019
Hope springs eternal in the human breast, Man never is, but always to be blest.
From Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age by Louis Klopsch
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
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
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
“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
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