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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 3394 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest. 1 The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Essay on Man. Epistle i. Line 95. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. Thus we never live, but we hope to live; and always disposing ourselves to be happy.—Blaise Pascal: Thoughts, chap. v. 2. [back] |
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