the road to hell is paved with good intentions

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the road to hell is paved with good intentions

  1. Well-intended acts can potentially lead to disasters.
    • 2023 September 7, Hans von der Burchard, “How heat pumps exploded Germany’s ruling coalition”, in POLITICO[1]:
      The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Or so many politicians in Germany’s three-party ruling coalition are now discovering.

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