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
DulceDOOL-the (Spanish), DOOL-se (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Roberts-Latvian
Rodrigoro-DREE-go (Spanish, Italian), roo-DREE-goo (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Galician
Theia-Greek Mythology
OleOL-e (Danish)Danish, Norwegian
BazzaBAZ-əEnglish (British)