Happiness

“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

– Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (1878)

What does it mean?

Happy families share the same basic good things, but there are countless different ways for a family to go wrong.

Key vocabulary

alike
similar

Who said it?

Leo Tolstoy: Russian novelist (1828–1910). Source: Anna Karenina (1878).

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