БЕДНОСТЬ НЕ ГРЕХ, А ДО ГРЕХА ДОВОДИТ

Cf: The Devil dances in an empty pocket (Br.). It is hard to be poor and honest (Br.). The lack of money is the root of all evil (Am.). Poverty is the mother of crime (Am.). Poverty is the worst guard to chastity (obstructs the road to virtue) (Br.). There is no virtue that poverty destroys not (Br.). There is no virtue that poverty does not destroy (Am.). Want of money is the root of all evil (Am.)