As a former Latin teacher myself, doing my own Google search (which is
extremely accurate for finding common quotes), and based on your
research, I would say with 99% confidence that this phrase is not Roman
in origin. It does seem to be the motto of the Nevada Film Office,
however.
If you would like to have a neo-Latin translation, it might be: "fac
plene, fac recte, fac nunc". No doubt there is a Latin scholar greater
than me on this list who can make this even prettier.
Randy
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W. Randolph Beckford, Library Information Assistant
Fairfax Public Law Library
703-246-2172
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Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 4:21 PM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: [LAW-LIB:55264] Latin Quote: Do it all, do it right, do it now.
Good Thursday all,
I'm trying to locate a Latin translation (we think it's originally
latin) of the quote "Do it all, do it right, do it now." I've tried
Bartleby's & Oxford online quote dictionaries (both free and fee based).
Also tried online Latin dictionaries and language resources. Looked in
our Black's (just in case) and in a Latin dictionary. We're just having
no luck w/ this. Any clues? Thanks for any help.
Ame Howard | Library Assistant | Patton Boggs LLP | Dallas |
214-758-3591
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