Question

short stories on still waters run deep

Answer 1

Still waters run deep is the great proverb and as similar, this proverb is saying ‘Still water run smooth’.

The meaning is that a man of sterling qualities has no pretensions. A person, who have the extraordinary and exceptional talent, but he often quiet and humble in his behaviour.

The best meaning of this proverb is explaining the nature of the person, it means those people behave like, they are humble and gentle from the inside, but they are totally different nature from the outside.

Those people hide their real nature from the world, so it is clear, they are the more passionate person from inside, but they don’t want to see anyone.

Origin of the proverb

The origin of this proverb is generally derived from the old Latin proverb, which says, ‘altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi’ that literally means that “the deepest rivers flows with minimum noise”.

Truth affairs of life

The water at the surface of deep-sea is often very still. We cannot accurately guess the depth of a sea by looking at the water at the surface. Similarly, we should not judge a person by looking at his exterior appearance.

It is that proverb, which some people can understand the proper view of that person, who hides their all happiness, anguish, anger and all that other things, they keep inside their heart.