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“There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavour of life until he has known poverty, love and war. The justness of this reflection commends it to the lover of condensed philosophy. The three conditions embrace about all there is in life worth knowing. A surface thinker might deem that wealth should be added to the list. Not so. When a poor man finds a long-hidden quarter-dollar that has slipped through a rip into his vest lining, he sounds the pleasure of life with a deeper plummet than any millionaire can hope to cast.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)

“The poor man who takes property by force is called a thief, but the creditor who can by legislation make a debtor pay a dollar twice as large as he borrowed is lauded as the friend of a sound currency. The man who wants the people to destroy the Government is an anarchist, but the man who wants the Government to destroy the people is a patriot.”

Source: The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896

“When you earn it and spend it you do know the difference between three dollars and a million dollars, but when you say it and vote it, it all sounds the same.”

Knows Three Sound Differences Money Millions Vote Dollars Million Dollars

Book:How Writing Is Written

Source: How Writing Is Written

“There is a sound reason why one and a half billion dollars are spent for cosmetics in your country every year, and only half that sum for education: There are no naturally pretty girls in the United States.”

Years Country States Reason Girl Sound United Half Beauty United States Dollars Appearance Billions Reason Why Cosmetics Pretty Girl

Book:Anything But Love: A Complete Digest of the Rules of Feminine Behavior from Birth to Death ...

Source: Anything But Love: A Complete Digest of the Rules of Feminine Behavior from Birth to Death ...

“There was a time when "sound as a dollar" was a description, not a joke.”

Sound Jokes Dollars Description American Politics

Author:Ronald Reagan

“We believe that our truly urgent need is to make our nation secure, our economy strong and our dollar sound. For every American this matter of the sound dollar is crucial. Without a sound dollar, every American family would face a renewal of inflation, an ever-increasing cost of living, the withering away of savings and life insurance policies.”

“I was alarmed at my doctor's report: He said I was sound as a dollar.”

Said Government Politics Sound Doctors Dollars Reports

Author:Ronald Reagan

“The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.”

Sound Policy Aim Strategy Dollars Humanitarian Appeals Sentiments Diplomacy Idealistic

Author:William Howard Taft