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prov. A person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellect.
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Still Waters Run Deep is a 1970 album by the American vocal group the Four Tops.
Still waters run deep is a proverb of Latin origin now commonly taken to mean that a placid exterior hides a passionate or subtle nature. Formerly it also carried the warning that silent people are dangerous, as in Caesar's summing up of Cassius in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar I.2.195–6:
Yon Cassius hath a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous.This interpretation was also given currency in the commentaries of those who based a fable on the saying.
According to the Oxford Concise Dictionary of Proverbs, the first mention of the proverb appears in Classical times in the form altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi (the deepest rivers flow with least sound) in a history of Alexander the Great by Quintus Rufus Curtius and is there claimed as being of Bactrian origin. The earliest mention in English sources goes back to 1400.
Still waters run deep is a proverb. The phrase may also refer to:
- " Still Waters (Run Deep)", a 1997 song by the Bee Gees
- Still Waters Run Deep (album), a 1970 Four Tops album
- Still Waters Run Deep (The 69 Eyes song)
- Still Waters Run Deep (film), a 1916 British film
Still Waters Run Deep is a 1916 British silent crime film directed by Fred Paul and starring Lady Helen Tree, Milton Rosmer and Rutland Barrington. A captain begins blackmailing a wealthy family. It was based on the 1855 play Still Waters Run Deep by Tom Taylor.
Usage examples of "still waters run deep".
His mother was always saying things like still waters run deep or it's a long, long road that has no turning.