Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок
БЕДНОСТЬ НЕ ПОРОК, А БОЛЬШОЕ СВИНСТВО
It is not a vice to be poor, but there is nothing good in it
Cf:It's hell to be poor (Am.). It's no disgrace to be poor, but a terrible inconvenience (but it may as well be) (Am.). Poverty is no disgrace /, but it is a great inconvenience/ (Br.). Poverty is no sin /, but it is terribly inconvenient/ (Am.). Poverty is not a sin but something much worse (Br.)