Someone wisely said,"There are people so poor that the only thing they have is money"

Someone wisely said,"There are people so poor that the only thing they have is money"
这句话里面的 wisely怎么翻译合适呢?翻译成“明智地/精明地”似乎不太好.有没有更好的翻译?
可是后面那句话，“有些人穷的只剩下钱了”，如果前面添上智者说，不太合适吧？而且这里面是反讽的吧？