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
TarahTAHR-ə, TER-ə, TAR-əEnglish (Modern)
Seong-Susung-sooKorean
Alekseyah-lyek-SYAY (Russian), ah-leek-SYAY (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Kamalani-Hawaiian
KilianKEE-lee-ahn (German)German, Irish, French
Atefeh-Persian