'The road to hell is fully covered with goodwill.'
This cynical paradox contains little truth.
It is OK but some commentator feel as if he knew one side of truth.
New Bank Tokyo was made by Governor of Tokyo to help small industries and now 40 billion yen was injected from public fund to help New Bank Tokyo.
I think this bank played its role fully.
I have heard " The road to HELL is paved with good INTENTIONS " , in this case goodwill and intentions mean different things. At least I think so.The New Bank looks like played a major role in opening. Thank you for sharing idea.
ReplyDeleteThat's the English wording I'm familiar with as well. I suspect Mer's version is an English translation of a Japanese translation of the English modernization of the original 16th-century English proverb.
ReplyDeleteSo there's plenty of room for information loss. Still, Mer's version has the same meaning; Goodwill and "good intentions" are essentially the same concept.
It may not contain much truth in and of itself, but when applied to the right context it is very insightful as to was happened, or more hopefully, to alert people to what is likely to happen if a given path is followed. It should be used more as a warning than an observation...
ReplyDeleteYes, thanks, Mol..I didn't confirm what was the original proverb when I heard it in Japanese. I can't use my PC yet since I lost LAN socket. I feel how important to take time to confirm in any case. Hope see you soon.
ReplyDeleteI was sending this message in an electric appliances shop, I mistakenly sent it in private message. Of course I didn't have to keep it between you and me....
This proverb contains many aspects like we see things in kaleidoscope. I think I need to confirm more in our real world. It is very best to know its original. I think, furthermore what this proverb meant..
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, the proverb means that people who honestly intend to good often do harm, and I think that's quite true. People beat their children "for the children's own good", for instance. Result: they teach the kids that physical violence is an effective problem solver.
ReplyDeleteThere are some proverbs which contain paradoxical truth like a box of pandora.
ReplyDeleteThanks, that's a good example. I was told not to write a message in a shop. I leave now. see you soon, I hope..
ReplyDeleteNeither appeasement nor belligerence can stop the path to war.
ReplyDeleteChamberlain couldn't stop the war and neither could Churchill.
It seems the will of people has no power before the inevitability of history.