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hope springs eternal

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hope springs eternal

People will keep on hoping, no matter what the odds. For example, I keep buying lottery ticketshope springs eternal. This expression was coined by Alexander Pope (An Essay on Man, 1732) and quickly became proverbial.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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