--- title: "11 Marriages Happy Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Marriages Happy quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Marriages Happy sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/jonathan-swift-433_cages_the-reason-why-so-few-marriages-are-happ_588726.jpg" --- > [The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/the-reason-why-so-few-marriages-are-happy-is-because-young-ladies/) [Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/jonathan-swift-433_cages_the-reason-why-so-few-marriages-are-happ_588726.jpg) > [All marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes all the problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-winters/all-marriages-are-happy-it-s-trying-to-live-together-afterwards-that/) [Shelley Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-winters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01c/shelley-winters-21296_happiness_all-marriages-are-happy-it-s-trying-to-l_2423135.jpg) > [In Hollywood, all marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes the problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-hollywood-all-marriages-are-happy-it-s-trying-to-live-together/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5df/anonymous-1_hollywood_in-hollywood-all-marriages-are-happy-it_911929.jpg) > [All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-hull/all-marriages-are-happy-it-s-the-living-together-afterward-that/) [Raymond Hull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-hull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d19/raymond-hull-64517_afterwards_all-marriages-are-happy-it-s-the-living_1892242.jpg) > [“that two-thirds of unhappy marriages will become happy within five years if people stay married and do not get divorced.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/that-two-thirds-of-unhappy-marriages-will-become-happy-within-five/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/anonymous-1_five-years_that-two-thirds-of-unhappy-marriages-wil_1133676.jpg) > [All marriages are happy, it's living together afterward that's tough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-landers/all-marriages-are-happy-it-s-living-together-afterward-that-s-tough/) [Ann Landers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-landers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dd/ann-landers-2605_happiness_all-marriages-are-happy-it-s-living-toge_2323485.png) > [“Marriages are all happy; it’s having breakfast together that causes all the trouble.’ ” Hettie”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-wheeler/marriages-are-all-happy-it-s-having-breakfast-together-that-causes/) [Jeff Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-wheeler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/jeff-wheeler-3956_breakfast_marriages-are-all-happy-it-s-having-brea_2927008.jpg) > [Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-mcginley/compromise-if-not-the-spice-of-life-is-its-solidity-it-is-what-makes/) [Phyllis McGinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-mcginley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/phyllis-mcginley-4467_compromise_compromise-if-not-the-spice-of-life-is-i_3192890.png) > [All those "and they lived happily ever after" fairy tale endings need to be changed to "and they began the very hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-miles/all-those-and-they-lived-happily-ever-after-fairy-tale-endings-need/) [Linda Miles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-miles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/linda-miles-256906_changed_all-those-and-they-lived-happily-ever-af_2200241.png) > [Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/nearly-all-marriages-even-happy-ones-are-mistakes-in-the-sense-that/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/386/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_a-perfect-world_nearly-all-marriages-even-happy-ones-are_1523163.jpg) > [“It is the first shower that wets." "Marriage is like picking the place where you're going to live for the next fifty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-mcneal/it-is-the-first-shower-that-wets-marriage-is-like-picking-the-place/) [Tom McNeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-mcneal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e1/tom-mcneal-29264_marriage_it-is-the-first-shower-that-wets-marriag_2146485.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriages-happy/#itemlist", "name": "Marriages Happy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonathan Swift" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/the-reason-why-so-few-marriages-are-happy-is-because-young-ladies/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/jonathan-swift-433_cages_the-reason-why-so-few-marriages-are-happ_588726.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/jonathan-swift-433_cages_the-reason-why-so-few-marriages-are-happ_588726.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/jonathan-swift-433_cages_the-reason-why-so-few-marriages-are-happ_588726.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in…” — Jonathan Swift", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All marriages are happy. 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