Instead of the rags to riches life, imagine the riches to rags life.

这次不是由贫到富的生命，而是由富变贫的生命。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Now it's not entirely clear that Milton has been successful in sufficiently vilifying Mammon's project of the excavation of riches.

现在尚不清楚弥尔顿是否成功地,有力地咒骂贪神挖掘财富的这一行径。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

You're struck by the equality from the standpoint of riches of the dead nobility. No great distinction and no great riches either. You're dealing with a poorer world and a world that doesn't have this kind of outstanding monarchy.

贵族们那种在死亡面前一切平等,一视同仁的观点,很令人惊讶,那时没有很富有的阶层,只有赤贫阶层和,没有掌握权利的君主阶层

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选