hope springs eternal in the human breast
hope springs eternal

Of course, she never quite conceded defeat: hope springs eternal in the human breast.

But hope springs eternal in the human breast.

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast" may be a cliché, but it is also a profound insight.

"But hope springs eternal in the human breast, and I am hoping that this creates a reconciliation.

And as Alexander Pope wrote: "Hope springs eternal in the human breast."

It is said that hope springs eternal in the human breast; but there is none in mine.

Yet it is an agreeable Circumstance that the Ages thought fit to hand down this Miracle, for Hope springs eternal in the human Breast.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blest ... Lo, the poor Indian!

Secondly, that although it is true that hope springs eternal in the human breast it is equally true that hope deferred maketh the heart sick!

The second line above is an allusion to Alexander Pope's An Essay on Man (1734), which contains the line "Hope springs eternal in the human breast".

LEAD: Optimism Prevails Optimism Prevails Alexander Pope said it more than two centuries ago - "hope springs eternal in the human breast" - and nowhere does hope spring more eternal than among the men and women involved in theater.

CHAPTER VIII A PREY TO LONELINESS The saying that 'hope springs eternal in the human breast' certainly applies to most healthy people, and there was nothing in the least wrong with Mary, either mentally or physically.