Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of…

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.

— Jean de la Bruyere

If poverty is the mother of crime, then stupidity is its father.

— Anonymous

“Poverty is the mother of invention”

— Sunday Adelaja

Poverty is the mother of crime.

— Marcus Aurelius

“She's the most important person in the world and her family living in poverty. If our mother is so important to science, why can't…

— Rebecca Skloot

If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is the father.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Poverty was my mother's midwife. She had her children in poverty. But she also found a road to bring us a sense of purpose,…

— Harry Belafonte

When I was growing up, my family was plagued by poverty. My mother, a single parent, worked around the clock to make sure her…

— Patrisse Cullors

If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father.

— Jean De La Bruyere

I grew up in poverty and my mother had to sacrifice a lot for us to eat and get an education - just imagine…

— Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Poverty is the mother of all revolutions

— Motsoko Pheko

“Any type of desire is beggary. One who is without any desire is called ‘Gnani’ [the enlightened one].”

— Dada Bhagwan

There's beggary in love that can be reckoned

— William Shakespeare

A beggar through the world am I, From place to place I wander by. Fill up my pilgrim's scrip for me, For Christ's sweet…

— James Russell Lowell

“There's beggary in the love that can be reckoned. (Anthony and Cleopatra - William Shakespeare.)”

— Sarah Stuart