the road to hell is paved with good intentions

== English == === Alternative forms === the road to Hell is paved with good intentions === Etymology === Semantic loan from Hebrew הדרך לגיהנום רצופה כוונות טובות. === Proverb === the road to hell is paved with good intentions Well-intended acts can potentially lead to disasters. ==== Synonyms ==== hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of good works ==== Derived terms ==== pave the road to hell ==== Translations ==== === See also === woulda, coulda, shoulda === Further reading === Jennifer Speake, editor (2015), “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”, in Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, 6th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 267.