Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian novelist and moral philosopher
Anna Karanina, opening words (1876) [tr. Garnett (1930)]
Alt trans.:
- "All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
- "All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."