Assigns Quotes

Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.

The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I do or write. He regularly assigns me now to certain doors, and I always obey orders like the little gentleman that I am.