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
Kristupas-Lithuanian
CulhwchKEEL-hookh (Welsh)Welsh, Welsh Mythology
MichÈLemee-SHELFrench
WandaVAHN-dah (Polish), WAHN-də (English)Polish, English, German, French
GwendolynGWEN-də-lin (English)Welsh, English
Daniyyel-Biblical Hebrew