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 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.
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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 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," Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said after the caucus meeting.
From Fox News ● Jan. 14, 2020
Hope springs eternal in the human beast, and matters simply can not be so arranged that in entering the penitentiary he will "leave hope behind."
From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by S. O. (Silas Orrin) Howes
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
“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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