Oscar Wilde: Starvation, and not sin, is the parent of modern crime.

Starvation, and not sin, is the parent of modern crime. — Oscar Wilde

Starvation, and not sin, is the parent of modern crime.
I have the kiss of Walt Whitman still on my lip. — Oscar Wilde
The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace. — Oscar Wilde
In old days men had the rack. Now they have the press. — Oscar Wilde
Tread Lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisie — Oscar Wilde
The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less the — Leo Tolstoy
The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty . — George Bernard Shaw
Ce n'est pas assez d'avoir de grandes qualités, il en faut avoir l'économie. — François de La Rochefoucauld
It does not depend upon us to avoid poverty, but it does depend upon us to make — Voltaire
I am the only child of parents who weighed, measured, and priced everything; for — Charles Dickens
Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it. — Mark Twain
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have t — Attributed to Mark Twain in The Reader's Digest
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers — Helen Schucman in A Course in Miracles