保証人
BONDSMAN(ほしょうにん)[/ˈbɑːndzmən/]名詞
解説
付記
オルレアン公フィリップが、放蕩な貴族の寵臣を高位に就けようとし、 どんな保証を差し出せるかと問うた。 『保証人など不要です、閣下。私には“名誉の言葉”があります』 『その値打ちとやらは?』と公が問うと、 『閣下、それは金と同じ重みがございます』と答えた。
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Original
A fool who, having property of his own, undertakes to become responsible for that entrusted to another to a third.
Additional notes
Philippe of Orleans wishing to appoint one of his favorites, a dissolute nobleman, to a high office, asked him what security he would be able to give. "I need no bondsmen," he replied, "for I can give you my word of honor." "And pray what may be the value of that?" inquired the amused Regent. "Monsieur, it is worth its weight in gold."