才無しは財無しより、もっと始末が悪い。

才無しは財無しより、もっと始末が悪い。

Want of wit is worse than want of gear.

才無(さいな)しは財無(ざいな)しより、もっと始末(しまつ)が悪(わる)い。

Sainashi wa zainashi yori, motto shimatsu ga warui.

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

もっと (もっと)

(some) more; even more; longer; further

始末 (しまつ)

management; dealing; settlement; cleaning up; getting rid of; economizing; economising; being thrifty; end result (usu. bad)

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

Reading: サイ

Meanings: genius, years old, cubic shaku

Readings: ム、ブ、な.い

Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

Readings: ザイ、サイ、ゾク、たから

Meanings: property, money, wealth, assets

Readings: シ、はじ.める、 -はじ.める、はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin

Readings: マツ、バツ、すえ

Meanings: end, close, tip, powder, posterity

Readings: アク、オ、わる.い、わる-、あ.し、にく.い、 -にく.い、ああ、いずくに、いずくんぞ、にく.む

Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong