--- title: "4 Marriage Fails Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 4 Marriage Fails quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Marriage Fails sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/harry-emerson-fosdick-3672_doe_it-is-not-marriage-that-fails-it-is-peop_356167.png" --- > [It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show people up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-emerson-fosdick/it-is-not-marriage-that-fails-it-is-people-that-fail-all-that/) [Harry Emerson Fosdick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-emerson-fosdick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/harry-emerson-fosdick-3672_doe_it-is-not-marriage-that-fails-it-is-peop_356167.png) > [“Failing and Flying" Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew. It's the same when love comes to an end, or the marriage fails…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-gilbert/failing-and-flying-everyone-forgets-that-icarus-also-flew-it-s-the/) [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/903/jack-gilbert-10996_every-morning_failing-and-flying-everyone-forgets-that_612946.png) > [It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show them up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-emerson-fosdick/it-is-not-marriage-that-fails-it-is-people-that-fail-all-that-2/) [Harry Emerson Fosdick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-emerson-fosdick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8f/harry-emerson-fosdick-3672_christian_it-is-not-marriage-that-fails-it-is-peop_1591302.png) > [When a marriage fails, the story of the relationship changes. The best parts, the parts that made you think getting married was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tori-spelling/when-a-marriage-fails-the-story-of-the-relationship-changes-the-best/) [Tori Spelling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tori-spelling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/tori-spelling-7079_failing_when-a-marriage-fails-the-story-of-the-r_1638023.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage-fails/#itemlist", "name": "Marriage Fails Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. 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