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Night Work--"...the enemy of the good (enough)."

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Jon_T
Jon_T Veteran Member • Posts: 6,393
Re: Night Work--"...the enemy of the good (enough)."

Cyril Catt wrote:

"If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing badly" G.K. Chesterton. That's my guiding principle for snapshots!

Yep there are numerous variations of that quote. "IMO" that one has a "defeatist attitude"; i.e., set your goal low enough so you'll never be disappointed.

I prefer the (most likely the original):
"Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well."
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, in a letter to his son back in 1774

As to "doing well" I've previously posted:
"... All dependent on how you want to use the image ..."
"... To each his/ her own needs/ preferences ..."

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