John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
298 John Lyly 1554?-1606 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 298 |
| AUTHOR: | John Lyly (1554?–1606) |
| QUOTATION: | Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Euphues and his England, page 287. |
| Note 1. See Raleigh, Quotation 3. [back] |