Still waters run deep. 
Cave tibi a cane muto et aqua silenti.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- All that glitters is not gold.
- There is truth in wine.
- None so deaf as those who will not hear.
- Many a true word is spoken in jest.
- A fair face may hide a foul heart.
- Iron hand in a velvet glove.
- Barking dogs seldom bite.
- Lies have short legs.
- Truth is mighty and will prevail.
- Appearances are deceptive.
- A honey tongue, a heart of gall.
- The cowl does not make the monk.
- The biter bit.
- The face is no index to the heart.
- A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
- All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
- Children and fools tell the truth.
- A little body often harbours a great soul.
- All are not hunters that blow the horn.
- It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.
- When candles are out, all cats are grey.
- All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives?
- A traveller may lie with authority.
- Great boast and small roast.
- You cannot hide an eel in a sack.
- Liars have need of good memories.
- Truth has a scratched face.
- Fair without, false within.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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Beware of silent dog and Still water.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Cave tibi a cane muto et aqua silenti.
Beware of the dumb dog and the water of silence.
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Non credas undam placidam non esse profundam.
Do not believe that a calm wave is not deep.
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Qui tacite currit, fluvius sua litora solvit.
He who runs silently, the river loosens its banks.
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Minimo sono labuntur alta flumina.
Deep rivers flow with the least sound.
French
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Il n'est pire eau que l'eau qui dort.
There's no water like sleeping water.
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Les eaux calmes sont les plus profondes.
Calm waters are the deepest.
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En eau endormie point ne te fie.
Don't trust sleeping water.
German
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Stille Wasser sind tief.
Still waters run deep.
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Im Trüben ist gut fischen.
Fishing in the doldrums is good.
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Stumme Hunde und stille Wasser sind gefährlich.
Silent dogs and still waters are dangerous.
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Stillen Wassern und schweigenden Leuten ist nicht zu trauen.
Still waters and silent people are not to be trusted.
Czech
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Tichá voda břehy mele.
Quiet water grinds the banks.
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Tichá voda břehy podmílá, prudká před se běží.
Quiet water fills the shores, the rapid is running ahead.
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Tiché vody břehy podmývají.
Quiet waters wash the banks.