hope springs eternal

hope springs eternal

1732 POPE Essay on Man I. 95 Hope springs eternal in the human breast. Man never Is, but always To be blest.

1865 DICKENS Our Mutual Friend II. III. X. Night after night his disappointment is acute, but hope springs eternal in the scholastic breast.

1935 H. SPRING Rachel Rosing viii. ‘It was understood, wasn’t it, that we could not dine together?’ ‘Oh yes—but you know how it is. Hope springs eternal and so forth.’

2002 Spectator 16 Mar. 11 But hope springs eternal in the Labour pessimist’s breast. Perhaps this time Mr Blair and his American friends will get it all wrong.


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