In Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, the character Mercutio says, "The best intentions pave the way to Hell," a line which does not appear in Shakespeare's play.
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James Boswell's 1791 biography of Samuel Johnson quotes Johnson as saying to an acquaintance in 1775 "Sir, hell is paved with good intentions." An earlier iteration "borrowed of" another language was "Hell is full of good meanings and wishes" and was published in 1670 in A Collection of English Proverbs collected by John Ray. Īn 1811 English version of one of Rambach's books includes, "The road to hell is paved with good resolutions", a translation of his 1730 German text Der Weg zur Höllen sey mit lauter gutem Vorsatz gepflastert.
It appeared in full in a London newspaper in 1828 where it was referred to as a Portuguese proverb. The exact origin of this proverb is unknown and several variations exist. An alternative form is " Hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of good works". " The road to hell is paved with good intentions" is a proverb or aphorism. For the 2009 song by In Fear and Faith, see The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions (song). This article is about the proverb/aphorism.
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