Washington, george - Maxioms.comQuotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxiomshttp://maxioms.comen-usCopyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.<![CDATA[Washington--a fixed star in the firmament of great names, shining without twinkling or obscuration, with clear, beneficent light. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61257<![CDATA[America has furnished to the world the character of Washington! And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61258<![CDATA[His work well done, the leader stepped aside Spurning a crown with more than kingly pride. Content to wear ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61252<![CDATA['Twas his ambition, generous and great A life to life's great end to consecrate. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61253<![CDATA[While Washington hath left His awful memory, A light for after times. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61254<![CDATA[That name descending with all time, spreading over the whole earth, and uttered in all the languages belonging to all ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61255<![CDATA[That name was a power to rally a nation in the hour of thick-thronging public disasters and calamities; that name ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61256<![CDATA[A nobleness to try for, A name to live and die for. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61246<![CDATA[First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his fellow citizens. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61247<![CDATA[First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61248<![CDATA[This is the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birthday of Washington. We are met to celebrate this day. ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61249<![CDATA[The purely Great Whose soul no siren passion could unsphere, Thou nameless, now a power and mixed with fate. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61250<![CDATA[Oh, Washington! thou hero, patriot sage, Friend of all climes, and pride of every age! ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61251<![CDATA[There's a star in the West that shall never go down Till the records of Valour decay, We must ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61240<![CDATA[The character, the counsels, and example of our Washington . . . they will guide us through the doubts and ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61241<![CDATA[Here you would know, and enjoy, what prosperity will way of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61242<![CDATA[O Washington! thrice glorious name, What due rewards can man decree-- Empires are far below thy aim, ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61243<![CDATA[Since ancient Time began, Ever on some great soul God laid an infinite burden-- The weight of all this ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61244<![CDATA[Were an energetic and judicious system to be proposed with your signature it would be a circumstance highly honorable to ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61245<![CDATA[Our common Father and Deliverer, to whose prudence, wisdom and valour we owe our Peace, Liberty and Safety, now leads ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61236<![CDATA[Simple and brave, his faith awoke Ploughmen to struggle with their fate; Armies won battles when he spoke, ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61237<![CDATA[While Washington's a watchword, such as ne'er Shall sink while there's an echo left to air. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61238<![CDATA[Where may the wearied eye repose, When gazing on the Great; Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61239<![CDATA[The defender of his country--the founder of liberty, The friend of man, History and tradition are explored in vain ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61234<![CDATA[Every countenance seeked to say, "Long live George Washington, the Father of the People." ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61235