--- title: "12 Marriage Death Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Marriage Death quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Marriage Death sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/woody-allen-176_death_marriage-is-the-death-of-hope-1831048_1831048.jpg" --- > [Marriage is the death of hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woody-allen/marriage-is-the-death-of-hope/) [Woody Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woody-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/woody-allen-176_death_marriage-is-the-death-of-hope-1831048_1831048.jpg) > [I'm more afraid of marriage than death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shakira/i-m-more-afraid-of-marriage-than-death/) [Shakira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shakira/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/shakira-1582_afraid_i-m-more-afraid-of-marriage-than-death-2_2667923.jpg) > [As we grow older, friends only gather during these 2 times; marriage and death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-we-grow-older-friends-only-gather-during-these-2-times-marriage/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/736/anonymous-1_death_as-we-grow-older-friends-only-gather-dur_741668.jpg) > [Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: the one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/both-marriage-and-death-ought-to-be-welcome-the-one-promises/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/062/mark-twain-22_death_both-marriage-and-death-ought-to-be-welc_808215.png) > [Only with our government are you given a certificate at birth, a license at marriage, and a bill at death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-dunn/only-with-our-government-are-you-given-a-certificate-at-birth-a/) [Jennifer Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-dunn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f33/jennifer-dunn-49416_bills_only-with-our-government-are-you-given-a_1513517.png) > [The three most important events of human life are equally devoid of reason: birth, marriage and death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-o-malley/the-three-most-important-events-of-human-life-are-equally-devoid-of/) [Austin O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-o-malley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/austin-o-malley-1805_birth_the-three-most-important-events-of-human_368500.jpg) > [The truth is that I'm more afraid of marriage than of death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shakira/the-truth-is-that-i-m-more-afraid-of-marriage-than-of-death/) [Shakira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shakira/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/shakira-1582_afraid_the-truth-is-that-i-m-more-afraid-of-mar_2984889.jpg) > [Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadegh-hedayat/ugh-how-many-stories-about-love-copulation-marriage-and-death-already/) [Sadegh Hedayat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadegh-hedayat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/sadegh-hedayat-22787_brilliant_ugh-how-many-stories-about-love-copulati_1230200.jpg) > [Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage and death and division Make barren our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/algernon-charles-swinburne/time-turns-the-old-days-to-derision-our-loves-into-corpses-or-wives/) [Algernon Charles Swinburne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/algernon-charles-swinburne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f7/algernon-charles-swinburne-291_death_time-turns-the-old-days-to-derision-our_353644.jpg) > [The idea that you're completing someone else in a marriage to me is death. That to me is a false start and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-gere/the-idea-that-you-re-completing-someone-else-in-a-marriage-to-me-is/) [Richard Gere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-gere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/richard-gere-3534_completing_the-idea-that-you-re-completing-someone_2223584.jpg) > [During a long and varied career as a bachelor, I have noticed that marriage is the death of politeness between a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-bennett/during-a-long-and-varied-career-as-a-bachelor-i-have-noticed-that/) [Arnold Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-bennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/498/arnold-bennett-3325_bachelors_during-a-long-and-varied-career-as-a-bac_283982.png) > [For the crown of our life as it closes Is darkness, the fruit thereof dust; No thorns go as deep as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/algernon-charles-swinburne/for-the-crown-of-our-life-as-it-closes-is-darkness-the-fruit-thereof/) [Algernon Charles Swinburne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/algernon-charles-swinburne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/algernon-charles-swinburne-291_and-love_for-the-crown-of-our-life-as-it-closes-i_2379851.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage-death/#itemlist", "name": "Marriage Death Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Marriage is the death of hope.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Woody Allen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woody-allen/marriage-is-the-death-of-hope/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/woody-allen-176_death_marriage-is-the-death-of-hope-1831048_1831048.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/woody-allen-176_death_marriage-is-the-death-of-hope-1831048_1831048.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/woody-allen-176_death_marriage-is-the-death-of-hope-1831048_1831048.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Marriage is the death of hope.” — Woody Allen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm more afraid of marriage than death.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shakira" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shakira/i-m-more-afraid-of-marriage-than-death/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/shakira-1582_afraid_i-m-more-afraid-of-marriage-than-death-2_2667923.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/shakira-1582_afraid_i-m-more-afraid-of-marriage-than-death-2_2667923.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/shakira-1582_afraid_i-m-more-afraid-of-marriage-than-death-2_2667923.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm more afraid of marriage than death.” — Shakira", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As we grow older, friends only gather during these 2 times; 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