Someone else will always have more than you. - Whether it's money, friends or magic beans that you're collecting, there will always be someone who has more than you.

总有人比你拥有更多—无论是金钱、学识或是其他，总有一些人比你拥有更多。

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We could not eat this money, wear it or burn it for warmth; but as if by magic it could be changed into such things.

我们不能吃钱、不能穿钱，也不能烧钱取暖；但是，不可思议的是，它可以换来这些东西。

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It was amplified by newfangled, flighty financial techniques, notably buying assets with borrowed money and watching leverage work its arithmetical magic.

他被新颖而轻浮的金融操作所放大，尤其是人们借钱购置资产，并坐观金融杠杆发挥着数字魔术。

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If there was a recession in 1854 or 1960, for whatever reason, they assume that the recession could have been completely avoided if they had been allowed to apply their fiat money magic.

FORBES: Economic Booms And Busts Of The Gold Standard Era

And Crowdfunding and Kickstarter are certainly not Magic Money Trees that allow you to throw anything up on the site and expect to magically receive money.

FORBES: 5 Great Tips from Kickstarter: Boost Tomorrow's Business

It's as if they think there's some magic money tree.

BBC: Economy: There is no alternative (TINA) is back