There is no more violent prodigal than the avaricious man who takes the bit in his teeth; there is no man more terrible in action than a dreamer.

一个吝啬的人在发狂时可以千金一掷，在所不惜，但也没有比一个冥想者行动起来更可怕的了。

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Unfortunately, the reader is left with the misguided idea that inflation is a bit like tuberculosis: a terrible scourge in our parents' era but one that has little impact on our own.

不幸的读者还可能被灌输这样一种误导：通胀看上去竟有点像肺结核———一个曾在我们父辈时代中贻害无穷人人闻之色变但而今对我们却如隔靴搔痒的“魔鬼”。

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Even though they are in the terrible twos, they are still the most precious double trouble I have (excuse me for bragging a little bit.)

即使想到她们正处于可怕的两岁，他们仍然是我所拥有的最宝贵的一对小麻烦。

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They all display various hues of murky brown with odd smelling aromas, some taste like wood, some taste like the smell of musk (really), and some taste a little bit dirty but not in a terrible way.

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During the summer of 2010 we had a Teflon bond market: Every bit of bad news, terrible bond events and currency misfortunes rolled right off the bond market.

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