<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Fire - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration. [Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16022]]></link><description><![CDATA[A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration. [Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little fire is quickly trodden out; Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16023]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little fire is quickly trodden out; Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fire i' th' flint Shows not till it be struck; our gentle flame  Provokes itself and like the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16024]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fire i' th' flint Shows not till it be struck; our gentle flame  Provokes itself and like the current flies   Each bound it chafes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire that's closest kept burns most of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In ashes of despaire, though burnt, shall make thee live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16026]]></link><description><![CDATA[In ashes of despaire, though burnt, shall make thee live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16027]]></link><description><![CDATA[O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fit to give weight to smoke. [Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fit to give weight to smoke. [Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of the frying pan into the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of the frying pan into the fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flame is very near to smoke. [Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flame is very near to smoke. [Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on fire. [Lat., Tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on fire. [Lat., Tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The burnt child dreads the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16012]]></link><description><![CDATA[The burnt child dreads the fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, play the man! We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grave, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, play the man! We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grave, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16014]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the fatt's in the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16015]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the fatt's in the fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16017]]></link><description><![CDATA[They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire is never a gentle master ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fire is never a gentle master]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, wisdom is hidden by selfish desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, what heavenly pleasure!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire is the most tolerable third party ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fire is the most tolerable third party]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't negotiate the deal. We're just the matchmakers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16002]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't negotiate the deal. We're just the matchmakers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16004]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words pregnant with celestial fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words pregnant with celestial fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16008]]></link><description><![CDATA[E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A crooked log makes a strait fire [A crooked log makes a straight fire.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16009]]></link><description><![CDATA[A crooked log makes a strait fire [A crooked log makes a straight fire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes. [Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes. [Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When fire is applied to a stone it cracks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15993]]></link><description><![CDATA[When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15993</guid></item></channel></rss>