| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 5836 |
| QUOTATION: | For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867), French poet. “My Heart Laid Bare,” sct. 97, Intimate Journals (1887), trans. by Christopher Isherwood (1930), rev. by Don Bachardy (1989). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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