Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian novelist, philosopher, and moral thinker whose works 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina' are widely considered the greatest novels ever written. His later embrace of radical Christian anarchism, nonviolent resistance, and voluntary poverty influenced Gandhi and global peace movements.
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