Short Quotes (5 Words)

Not lost, but gone before.
Matthew Henry, Theologian from Wales; (1662-1714)

Thou hast seen nothing yet.
Miguel de Cervantes

Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator.
Juvenal, early 2nd century Roman poet

The good people died first.
Timothy Snyder, American historian (born 1969)

Πάντες δὲ θεῶν χατέουσ' ἄνθρωποι.
Homer, reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

Are you all one family?
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021

Sociology: A branch of primatology.
Tarık Günersel, Turkish artist (born 1953)

Be honest about your joy.
Rob Bell, American author and pastor (b. 1970)

Build therefore your own world.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher (1803–1882)

The Universe in a Nutshell
Stephen Hawking, British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

the tuneless music of madness
Euripides, Classical Athenian playwright

Be quick, but don't hurry.
John Wooden, American basketball coach (1910–2010)

Das Alter verklärt oder versteinert.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (1830–1916)

Great power involves great responsibility
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, president of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1882–1945)

It's a funny old world.
Margaret Thatcher, British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)