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

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Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father. - Jean de la Bruyere

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Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father. - Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power) quotes