<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Water - 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[Beware of silent dogs and still waters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of silent dogs and still waters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no gills. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61321]]></link><description><![CDATA[OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no gills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61322]]></link><description><![CDATA[The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61323]]></link><description><![CDATA[A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61318]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61313]]></link><description><![CDATA[You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deeper the waters are, the more still they run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61315]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61316]]></link><description><![CDATA[With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61317]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught  Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61308]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught  Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips,   May give a shock of pleasure to the frame    More exquisite than when nectarean juice     Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view.  . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61309]]></link><description><![CDATA[How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view.  . . . .   The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,    The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As, poised on the curb, it inclined to my lips! ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61310]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As, poised on the curb, it inclined to my lips!  Not a full blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it,   The brightest that beauty or revelry sips.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61311]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Lord! methought what pain it was to drown! What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears!  What sights ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61303]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Lord! methought what pain it was to drown! What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears!  What sights of ugly death within mine eyes!   Methoughts I saw a thousand fearful wracks;    A thousand men that fishes gnawed upon;     Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl,      Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels,       All scatt'red in the bottom of the sea:        Some lay in dead men's skulls, and in the holes         Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept          (As 'twere in scorn of eyes) reflecting gems,           That wooed the slimy bottom of the deep            And mocked the dead bones that lay scatt'red by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people are like water and the ruler a boat. Water can support a boat or overturn it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61304]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people are like water and the ruler a boat. Water can support a boat or overturn it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis rushing now adown the spout, And gushing out below,  Half frantic in its joyousness,   And wild ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61305]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis rushing now adown the spout, And gushing out below,  Half frantic in its joyousness,   And wild in eager flow.    The earth is dried and parched with heat,     And it hath long'd to be      Released from out the selfish cloud,       To cool the thirsty tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so never ending, But always descending. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61306]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so never ending, But always descending.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["How does the Water Come down at Lodore?" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61307]]></link><description><![CDATA["How does the Water Come down at Lodore?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61300]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner: Honest water, which ne'er left man i' th' mire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner: Honest water, which ne'er left man i' th' mire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, man! more water glideth by the mill That wots the miller of; and easy it is  Of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61302]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, man! more water glideth by the mill That wots the miller of; and easy it is  Of a cut loaf to steal a shive, we know:   Though Bassianus be the emperor's brother,    Better then he have worn Vulcan's badge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very fond of water: It ever must delight  Each mother's son and daughter,--   When qualified aright. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61296]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very fond of water: It ever must delight  Each mother's son and daughter,--   When qualified aright.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no small pleasure in sweet water. [Lat., Est in aqua dulci non invidiosa voluptas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61298]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no small pleasure in sweet water. [Lat., Est in aqua dulci non invidiosa voluptas.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you. [Lat., Miserum est opus,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61299]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you. [Lat., Miserum est opus,  Igitur demum fodere puteum, ubi sitis fauces tedet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water its living strength first shows, When obstacles its course oppose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water its living strength first shows, When obstacles its course oppose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61293]]></link><description><![CDATA[And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water is the mother of the vine, The nurse and fountain of fecundity,  The adorner and refresher of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water is the mother of the vine, The nurse and fountain of fecundity,  The adorner and refresher of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rising world of waters dark and deep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61295]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rising world of waters dark and deep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61288]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Till taught by pain, Men really know not what good water's worth;  If you had been in Turkey or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Till taught by pain, Men really know not what good water's worth;  If you had been in Turkey or in Spain,   Or with a famish'd boat's-crew had your berth,    Or in the desert heard the camel's bell,     You'd wish yourself where Truth is--in a well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink;  Water, water, everywhere,   Nor any drop to drink. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink;  Water, water, everywhere,   Nor any drop to drink.    The very deep did rot: O Christ!     That ever this should be!      Yes, slimy things did crawl with legs       Upon the slimy sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers,  The water is held in its arms  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers,  The water is held in its arms   And the sky is held in the water.    What is water,     That pours silver,      And can hold the sky?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginnings of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginnings of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61285]]></link><description><![CDATA[For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61286]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61287]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water is the only drink for a wise man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water is the only drink for a wise man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61280]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still waters run no mills. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still waters run no mills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pure water is the best of gifts that man to man can bring, But who am I that I should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pure water is the best of gifts that man to man can bring, But who am I that I should have the best of anything?  Let princes revel at the pump, let peers with ponds make free,   Whisky, or wine, or even beer is good enough for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pouring oil on troubled water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pouring oil on troubled water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off on a journey unless it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off on a journey unless it's in the sea, and it's homesick, and bound to make its way home someday]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61277]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water which is too pure has no fish ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water which is too pure has no fish]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61274</guid></item></channel></rss>