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.

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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Idioms and Phrases with 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.

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