dum spiro spero
While I breathe, I hope Classical Wisdom
Attributed to Cicero. Dum = while. Spiro = I breathe. Spero = I hope
In Scripture
Respondit ei languidus : Domine, hominem non habeo, ut, cum turbata fuerit aqua, mittat me in piscinam : dum venio enim ego, alius ante me descendit.
The infirm man answered him: Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pond. For whilst I am coming, another goeth down before me.
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