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Etymology
Ellipsis of hope springs eternal in the human breast, a quotation from An Essay on Man (1734) by Alexander Pope.
Meanings
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The feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself.
Night after night his disappointment is acute, but hope springs eternal in the scholastic breast, and he follows me again to-morrow.
1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, “Scouts Out”, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC, 3rd book (A Long Lane), page 95:But hope springs eternal in diehard Tiger fans, and Peter is convinced that someday, somehow, he and his son will see Detroit clinch a championship.
2003 April 23, Leon Jaroff, “Hold that Tiger”, in Time, archived from the original on 02 May 2013:But, as hope springs eternal in the human breast, he still goes from doctor to doctor for fresh advice.
1915, Elinor Glyn, “The Gospel of Common Sense”, in Three Things:Hope''' ſprings eternal in the human breaſt; / Man never is, but always to be bleſt.
1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], epistle I, London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC, page 7, lines 91–92:
Coordinates
never say die · tomorrow is another day
Relateds
Synonyms
while there's life, there's hope
Translations (22)
ro speranța moare ultima (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · fi niin kauan kuin on elämää, on toivoa (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · de die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · pl jeszcze Polska nie zginęła (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · sv hoppet är det sista som överger en människa (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · pl nadzieja umiera ostatnia (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · pt a esperança é a última a morrer (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · es la esperanza es la última que muere (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · fi toivossa on hyvä elää (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · da håbet er lysegrønt (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · nl hoop doet leven (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · id ada hari, ada nasi (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · it la speranza è l'ultima a morire (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · cs naděje umírá poslední (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · fr tant qu'il y a de la vie, il y a de l'espoir (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · de Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · pt a esperança é a última que morre (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · hu a remény hal meg utoljára (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · de noch ist Polen nicht verloren (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · vi còn nước còn tát (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · sv än är inte Polen förlorat (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) · tl habang may buhay, may pag-asa (the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself)