Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.

Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.

Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.
没有付出,除了贫穷一无所获.
跟no pains no gains意思一样,一份耕耘,一份收获.

没有什么是可以不劳而获的，贫穷除外。

"世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。"
but作介词，意思是“除了”。