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[15] [16] James Boswell's 1791 biography of Samuel Johnson quotes Johnson as saying to an acquaintance in 1775 "Sir, hell is paved with good intentions." [17] 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. [18]
The saying Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad, sometimes given in Latin as Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat (literally: Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first deprives of reason) or Quem Iuppiter vult perdere, dementat prius (literally: Those whom Jupiter wishes to destroy, he first deprives of reason) has been used in English literature since at least the 17th century.
"What I then said I unsay now; and what I now say is the truth." [17] [note 61] — Thomas Wyatt the Younger, English politician and leader of Wyatt's rebellion (11 April 1554), exculpating Princess Elizabeth and Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon, prior to execution by beheading for treason "Lord, receive my spirit." [11]: 140
God may cast wicked men into Hell at any given moment. The wicked deserve to be cast into Hell. Divine justice does not prevent God from destroying the wicked at any moment. The wicked, at this moment, suffer under God's condemnation to Hell. The wicked, on earth—at this very moment—suffer a sample of the torments of Hell.
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The chief then said without further thought that he did not want to go there but to hell so as not to be where they were and where he would not see such cruel people. This is the name and honour that God and our faith have earned.
She can, she can go to hell.” The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Vance's remarks. The Harris campaign declined to comment.
Easier said than done; East is east, and west is west (and never the twain shall meet) East, west, home is best; Easy come, easy go; Easy, times easy, is still easy; Early marriage, earlier pregnant; Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper; Eat, drink and be merry, (for tomorrow we die)