the road to hell is paved with good intentions

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谚语
  1. Well-intended acts can potentially lead to disasters.
    — The road to literary hell is paved with the good intentions of publishers who start out saying "I'm gonna do it right; I'm not gonna screw up like Alyson or Gay Sunshine." Several projects later, these publishers are turning down the same "good material" that Alyson and Gay Sunshine did and building up the same type list they first wanted to avoid.

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the road to Hell is paved with good intentions alternative

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Semantic loan from Hebrew הדרך לגיהנום רצופה כוונות טובות.
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