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		franze on March 5, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Posts "Gut gemeint ist das Gegenteil von gut!" German saying! Even with the right motive, you can make - in Googles case: systematic - wrong decisions.

TillE on March 5, 2016 | [–]

The literal translation is much stronger: "good-intentioned is the opposite of good".

camillomiller on March 5, 2016 | [–]

"Hell is paved with good intentions"

1600 Mystic John Ray, later repurposed by Karl Marx.

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