All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Все счастливые семьи похожи друг на друга, каждая несчастливая семья несчастлива по-своему.

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Pt. I, ch. 1

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s: Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

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