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Shakespeare did not invent the phrase if that is what you mean. The expression goes back at least to 1000 AD and has developed gradually over a thousand years to its present form, helped along by Dr Samuel Johnson of dictionary fame.

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i think it could be in romeo and juliet but shakespeare reverses the road to hell is paved to good intention pave the path to...
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Martin Luther KIng Junior.

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