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Question Latin translation of a sentence ???

Does anyone know the Latin of "if anything is worth doing, its worth doing well" ???
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Hello JB

You could adapt the Biblical phrase "quod facis, fac citius" to:

1. Quod facis, fac bene.

This means "whatever you do, do well".

Or you might say:

2. Si faciendum, faciendum bene.

("If it is to be done, let it be done well.")

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Hello JB
You could adapt the Biblical phrase "quod facis, fac citius" to:
1. Quod facis, fac bene.
This means "whatever you do, do well".
Or you might say:
2. Si faciendum, faciendum bene.
("If it is to be done, let it be done well.")
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That'll do brilliantly.

Any idea about:

>> "your presence matters"
>> "between hope/wish/desire and reality/realism"

If I wish to say "from possibility to reality" into Latin, is Latin "a posse ad esse" right to say so ???
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