If you can't be good, be careful



If you can't be good, be careful.

Prov. If you are going to do immoral things, make sure they are not dangerous.; If you are going to do something immoral, make sure to keep it secret. (Sometimes used as a flippant way of saying good-bye.) Be a good girl on your vacation trip. Or if you can't be good, be careful. Ernest likes to close his letters with, "If you can't be good, be careful."
See also: careful, if

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Uwe-German
Aleixoə-LAY-shoo (Portuguese), a-LAY-shaw (Galician)Portuguese, Galician
Ekkebert-Ancient Germanic
Aemiliana-Ancient Roman
Dione (1)dee-O-nee (English)Greek Mythology
Inzhu-Kazakh