““Can I trust you, my friend?”
“If you can’t, then what is my assurance worth?””
Robert A. Heinlein book Beyond This Horizon
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 4, “Boy meets Girl”, p. 48
Vous êtes mon ami personnel. Vous êtes assuré de mon estime, de ma considération et de mon affection.
Declaration on September 5, 1974, about the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Aeschimann, Éric & Boltanski, Christophe (2006). Chirac d'Arabie : Les mirages d'une politique française (in French), Grasset & Fasquelle, pp. 64, ISBN 2246691214
““Can I trust you, my friend?”
“If you can’t, then what is my assurance worth?””
Robert A. Heinlein book Beyond This Horizon
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 4, “Boy meets Girl”, p. 48
“Let me assure you that my intent is not to offend or merely be provocative. I'm simply worried.”
Sam Harris (1967) American author, philosopher and neuroscientist
“I assure you, my friends, I am cone sold stober.”
Diana Wynne Jones book Howl's Moving Castle
Source: Howl's Moving Castle
Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman
Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln (17 August 1865).
1860s
“Do not let your anger misguide you, my friend.”
Tess Uriza Holthe American writer
When the Elephants Dance
“Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.”
Stephen King book Different Seasons
Source: Different Seasons