Quote#Wisdom
Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest
Quote byJohn Lyly · 1554–1606
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Euphues and His England, P. 287. Compare: "Passions are likened best to floods and streams: The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb", Sir Walter Raleigh, The Silent Lover.
English (original)
Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest.
— John Lyly
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