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
Dionisia-Medieval English
BradfordBRAD-fərdEnglish
KeatonKEE-tənEnglish (Modern)
Raghu-Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam
NesrİN-Turkish
Mona (1)MO-nə (English)Irish, English