Tiānxià de huàishì zhǐpà bù zuò; bù pà bù pò.

天下的壞事只怕不做, 不怕不破。

Lit [The] best way [to deal with] all bad acts is not to commit [them], not [just to] worry about being found out.

Fig If you don't want to get caught, then don't do anything wrong in the first place.

Note [See also ruò yào rén bù zhī above and zhǐpà bù zuò below.]

Topics ACTIONS EVIL SELF-RESTRAINT WORRIES