| English | Russian |
| his right hand doesn't know what his left hand is doing | у него правая рука не ведает, что творит левая (This is from the Bible, New Testament – Christ said that when you give charity, you shouldn't advertise it to everyone, but do it secretly. If you give charity with your left hand, you should do it so modestly and quietly that not even your right hand doesn't know it was done.) |
| what a worth doing at all is worth doing well | если что-то делать, то делать хорошо (julia12354) |
| what is worth doing at all is worth doing well | если делаешь, делай красиво (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| what is worth doing at all is worth doing well | поспешишь – людей насмешишь (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| what is worth doing at all is worth doing well | если уж стоит что-то делать, то делать надо хорошо |
| what is worth doing at all is worth doing well | если уж делать, так делать хорошо |
| what is worth doing is worth doing well | если уж делать что-то, то делать хорошо |