hope springs eternal in the human breast

hope springs eternal in the human breast

proverb People can always find a reason to hope, even in the bleakest situations. The phrase comes from Alexander Pope's poem Essay on Man. We don't know how this business venture will work out, but hope springs eternal in the human breast, right?
See also: breast, eternal, hope, human, spring
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • human
  • hope springs eternal
  • teach a man to fish
  • a woman's work is never done
  • village
  • it takes a village
  • desperate times call for desperate measures
  • desperate times require desperate measures
  • drastic
  • drastic times call for drastic measures
References in classic literature
It is said that hope springs eternal in the human breast; but there is none in mine.
The Land That Time Forgot
But, as the saying goes, hope springs eternal in the human breast. We face the new year with the hope that men of peace and goodwill will prevail.
Three Kings Day ends our long Christmas season
"Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast; Man never is, but always to be blessed."
Say it: Optimisim is rising
Or perhaps it is a way of showing, literally in concrete terms, that "hope springs eternal in the human breast"?
Building on our hopes; Views of the North
Hope springs eternal in the human breast, said the poet Alexander Pope, and nowhere more so than in the swelling chests of politicians.
THEY think it's all [...]
"HOPE springs eternal in the human breast", according to Alexander Pope writing some 300 years ago.
THOUGHT for the DAY