1894 Brewer’s / I / Intentions
Hell is paved with good intentions. In Spanish: “El infierno es bleno de buenas intenciones.” Good intentions without corresponding deeds are self-accusers.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.