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title: "7 Marriage War Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Marriage War quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Marriage War sayings and thoughts."
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> [Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/conventional-wisdom-tells-us-we-ll-only-be-happier-after-a-divorce-if/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/ariel-gore-16108_conventional_conventional-wisdom-tells-us-we-ll-only_119287.png)

> [“We lose more women to marriage than war, famine, and disease.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smith-dodie/we-lose-more-women-to-marriage-than-war-famine-and-disease/)

[Smith Dodie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smith-dodie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/smith-dodie-278736_famine_we-lose-more-women-to-marriage-than-war_404409.jpg)

> [In both marriage and war you must cut up the things people say like a cake and eat only what you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherynne-m-valente/in-both-marriage-and-war-you-must-cut-up-the-things-people-say-like-a/)

[Catherynne M. Valente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherynne-m-valente/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/catherynne-m-valente-375_cake_in-both-marriage-and-war-you-must-cut-up_423613.png)

> [Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/marriage-is-the-only-war-in-which-you-sleep-with-the-enemy/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/anonymous-1_enemy_marriage-is-the-only-war-in-which-you-sl_678631.jpg)

> [“And then all this talk of love and marriage out of nowhere? It's the war talking. I know; I've seen it. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-brockmole/and-then-all-this-talk-of-love-and-marriage-out-of-nowhere-it-s-the/)

[Jessica Brockmole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-brockmole/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/jessica-brockmole-28087_love_and-then-all-this-talk-of-love-and-marri_1860598.jpg)

> [Marriage is the only war where one sleeps with the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee/marriage-is-the-only-war-where-one-sleeps-with-the-enemy/)

[Tommy Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/tommy-lee-3389_enemies_marriage-is-the-only-war-where-one-sleep_2776168.jpg)

> [In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/in-marriage-as-in-war-it-is-permitted-to-take-every-advantage-of-the/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/oscar-wilde-16_marriage_in-marriage-as-in-war-it-is-permitted-to_2993577.jpg)

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