road to hell is paved with good intentions

Prov. People often mean well but do bad things. (Can be a strong rebuke, implying that the person you are addressing did something bad and his or her good intentions do not matter.) Jane: I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings; I only wanted to help you. Jane: Oh, yeah? The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

See also: good, hell, intention, pave, road

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Noemi	naw-E-mee (Italian)	Italian, German, Czech, Biblical Latin
Radclyffe	RAD-klif	English (Rare)
Berry (2)	BER-ee	English (Rare)
Viktoria	vik-TO-ree-ah (German), veek-TO-ree-yah (Russian)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Taha	-	Arabic
Boyer	['bəujə]