"A stock certificate is not a tool, like……" — Jean Giraudoux

"A stock certificate is not a tool, like a shovel, or a commodity, like a pound of cheese. What we sell a customer is not a share in a business, but a view of the Elysian Fields. A financier is a creative artist. Our function is to stimulate the imagination. We are poets!"

— Jean Giraudoux

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