បើក្រទ្រព្យក៏ក្រចុះកុំអោយទាល់គំនិត។

“Better to be poor in wealth than poor in ideas.”

Material poverty can be endured, but a mind without resourcefulness cannot find a way forward.

— Traditional Khmer Wisdom, Cambodia

Source: Traditional Khmer proverb (សុភាសិត), public-domain oral tradition