“The road to hell is paved with good
intentions”
Origins:
It is thought
to have originated with Saint Bernard of Clairvaux who wrote, "L'enfer
est plein de bonnes volontés et désirs" (hell is full of good wishes
and desires).
Authors who
have used the phrase include Samuel Johnson, Coleridge, Sir
Walter Scott, Søren
Kierkegaard, and Karl Marx
