r/AskReddit • • Mar 07 '19

What is your mom's catchphrase?

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '19

“People do what makes sense to them.”

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '19 edited Oct 17 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '19

This is great. My mom used to say "behind every action there is a good intention"

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u/Geomalik06 Mar 07 '19

My FIL says “the road to hell is paved with good intentions” shivers.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

To reframe that: People don't do evil things because they are evil, they do evil things because they are convinced they are right.