the road to hell is paved with good intentions

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Semantic loan from Hebrew הדרך לגיהנום רצופה כוונות טובות.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: الطَّرِيق إلَى الْجَهَنَّم مُمَهَّد بِالنَّوَايَا الْحَسَنَة (aṭ-ṭarīq ʔilā l-jahannam mumahhad bi-n-nawāyā l-ḥasana) — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Azerbaijani: cəhənnəmə gedən yollar yaxşı niyyət daşlarıyla döşənmişdir — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Bulgarian: пътят към ада е покрит с добри намерения (pǎtjat kǎm ada e pokrit s dobri namerenija) — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Catalan: l'infern està ple de bones intencions — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Chinese Mandarin: 好心沒好報 /好心没好报 (hǎoxīn méi hǎobào) — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Chinese Mandarin: 通往地獄的路是由善意鋪成的 /通往地狱的路是由善意铺成的 (tōngwǎng dìyù de lù shì yóu shànyì pū chéng de) — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Czech: cesta do pekla je dlážděna dobrými úmysly — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Czech: cesta do pekel je dlážděna dobrými úmysly — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Czech: cesta do pekla je vydlážděna samými dobrými úmysly — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Czech: cesta do pekla je vydlážděna dobrými úmysly — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Danish: vejen til helvede er brolagt med gode hensigter — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Danish: vejen til helvede er brolagt med gode intentioner — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Danish: vejen til helvede er brolagt med gode forsætter — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Dutch: de weg naar de hel is geplaveid met goede voornemens — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Erzya: кись атс ашти паро мелькастомадо (kiś ats ašti paro meľkastomado) — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Esperanto: per promesoj estas pavimita la infero — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Finnish: tie helvettiin on kivetty hyvillä aikomuksilla — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• French: l'enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• German: der Weg zur Hölle ist mit guten Vorsätzen gepflastert — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Hebrew: הַדֶּרֶךְ לַגֵּיהִנּוֹם רְצוּפָה כַּוָּנוֹת טוֹבוֹת (hadérekh lagehenóm r'tzufáh kavanót tovót) — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Hungarian: a pokolba vezető út jószándékkal van kikövezve — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Italian: la strada per l'inferno è lastricata di buone intenzioni — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Italian: di buone intenzioni è lastricata la via per l'inferno — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Italian: di buone intenzioni è lastricato l'inferno — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Japanese: 地獄への道は善意で舗装されている (jigoku e no michi wa zen'i de hosō sarete iru) — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Korean: 지옥으로 향하는 길은 선의로 포장되어 있다 (jiogeuro hyanghaneun gireun seonuiro pojangdoeeo itda) — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Norwegian Bokmål: veien til helvete er brolagt med gode intensjoner — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Polish: dobrymi chęciami jest piekło wybrukowane — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Portuguese: de boas intenções está o inferno cheio — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Portuguese: de boas intenções o inferno está cheio — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Portuguese: de boas intenções está cheio o inferno — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Portuguese: o inferno está cheio de boas intenções — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Romanian: drumul spre iad este pavat cu bune intenții — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Russian: благи́ми наме́ре́ниями вы́мощена доро́га в ад (blagími namérénijami výmoščena doróga v ad) — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Serbo-Croatian: пу̑т до̏ пакла поплочан је добрим намјерама — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Serbo-Croatian: pȗt dȍ pakla popločan je dobrim namjerama — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Spanish: el infierno está lleno de buenas intenciones — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Spanish: el camino al infierno está empedrado de buenas intenciones — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Spanish: el infierno está empedrado de buenas intenciones — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Swedish: vägen till helvetet är kantad av goda föresatser — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Swedish: vägen till helvetet är stensatt med goda föresatser — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Turkish: cehenneme giden yol iyi niyet taşlarıyla döşelidir — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Ukrainian: дорога в пекло викладена добрими намірами (doroha v peklo vykladena dobrymy namiramy) — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Vietnamese: đường đến địa ngục được lát bằng thiện tâm — well-intended acts can lead to disasters
• Vietnamese: mật ngọt chết ruồi — well-intended acts can lead to disasters