<P> The saying is thought to have originated with Saint Bernard of Clairvaux who wrote ( c. 1150 ) , `` L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontés ou désirs '' ( hell is full of good wishes or desires ) . An earlier saying occurs in Virgil 's Aeneid : `` facilis descensus Averno ( the descent to hell is easy ) '' . </P>
<P> The saying is thought to have originated with Saint Bernard of Clairvaux who wrote ( c. 1150 ) , `` L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontés ou désirs '' ( hell is full of good wishes or desires ) . An earlier saying occurs in Virgil 's Aeneid : `` facilis descensus Averno ( the descent to hell is easy ) '' . </P>
who said hell is paved with good intentions
who said hell is paved with good intentions
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux