--- title: "10 Marry Wrong Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Marry Wrong quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Marry Wrong sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/billy-sunday-4239_maids_better-die-an-old-maid-sister-than-marry_2849894.png" --- > [Better die an old maid, sister, than marry the wrong man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-sunday/better-die-an-old-maid-sister-than-marry-the-wrong-man/) [Billy Sunday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-sunday/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/billy-sunday-4239_maids_better-die-an-old-maid-sister-than-marry_2849894.png) > [“I don't want to make a mistake and marry the wrong woman. I'd rather be alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-steel/i-don-t-want-to-make-a-mistake-and-marry-the-wrong-woman-i-d-rather/) [Danielle Steel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-steel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48a/danielle-steel-1674_failure_i-don-t-want-to-make-a-mistake-and-marry_343365.jpg) > [Some of the reason why we marry the wrong people is that we don't really understand ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/some-of-the-reason-why-we-marry-the-wrong-people-is-that-we-don-t/) [Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b2/alain-de-botton-221_marriage_some-of-the-reason-why-we-marry-the-wron_530559.jpg) > [“He’d hate to start killing people at this stage in the game. Especially some poor schmuck who happened to marry the wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelly-laurenston/he-d-hate-to-start-killing-people-at-this-stage-in-the-game/) [Shelly Laurenston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelly-laurenston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/shelly-laurenston-1018_killing-people_he-d-hate-to-start-killing-people-at-thi_1909388.jpg) > [From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. You don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/from-what-i-have-observed-when-the-anesthesia-of-love-wears-off-there/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/amy-tan-730_anesthesia_from-what-i-have-observed-when-the-anest_1354836.jpg) > [Many people marry for the wrong reasons, among them 1) To overcome loneliness. 2) To escape an unhappy parental home. 3) Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-fisher/many-people-marry-for-the-wrong-reasons-among-them-1-to-overcome/) [Bruce Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/bruce-fisher-66387_marriage_many-people-marry-for-the-wrong-reasons_2471424.jpg) > [If you marry the wrong person for the wrong reasons, then no matter how hard you work, it's never going to work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bancroft/if-you-marry-the-wrong-person-for-the-wrong-reasons-then-no-matter/) [Anne Bancroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bancroft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/anne-bancroft-26581_change-yourself_if-you-marry-the-wrong-person-for-the-wr_425629.png) > [In New York the stakes are so high. In urban centers the stakes are so high. You marry the wrong person, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/in-new-york-the-stakes-are-so-high-in-urban-centers-the-stakes-are-so/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/meghan-daum-18332_afraid_in-new-york-the-stakes-are-so-high-in-ur_2799198.png) > [“A person can want love all they want, but if they don't figure out who they are and learn to love their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-person-can-want-love-all-they-want-but-if-they-don-t-figure-out-who-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/anonymous-1_five-years_a-person-can-want-love-all-they-want-but_2363747.jpg) > [“Was there ever a true great love? Anyone who became the object of my obsession and not simply my affections? I honestly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/was-there-ever-a-true-great-love-anyone-who-became-the-object-of-my/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/amy-tan-730_lasting-marriage_was-there-ever-a-true-great-love-anyone_132581.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marry-wrong/#itemlist", "name": "Marry Wrong Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Better die an old maid, sister, than marry the wrong man.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Billy Sunday" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-sunday/better-die-an-old-maid-sister-than-marry-the-wrong-man/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/billy-sunday-4239_maids_better-die-an-old-maid-sister-than-marry_2849894.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/billy-sunday-4239_maids_better-die-an-old-maid-sister-than-marry_2849894.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/billy-sunday-4239_maids_better-die-an-old-maid-sister-than-marry_2849894.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Better die an old maid, sister, than marry the wrong man.” — Billy Sunday", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I don't want to make a mistake and marry the wrong woman. 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Anyone who became the object of my obsession and not simply my affections? I honestly don't think so. In part, this was my fault. It was my nature, I suppose. I could not let myself be that unmindful. Isn't that what love is-losing your mind? You don't care what people think. You don't see your beloved's fault, the slight stinginess, the bit of carelessness, the occasional streak of meanness. You don't mind that he's beneath you socially, educationally, financially, and morally-that's the worst I think, deficient morals. I always minded. I was always cautious of what could go wrong, what was already \"not ideal\". I paid attention to divorce rates. I ask you this: What's the chance of finding a lasting marriage? Twenty percent? Ten? Did I know any woman who escaped having her heart crushed like a recyclable can? Not a one. From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. 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