A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple
A poor relation
A, B, C, D, E, Your public library has arranged these in ways that make you cry, giggle, laugh, love, hate, wonder, ponder and understand (American Library Association advertising slogan)
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way (the opening line of Anna Karenina)
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife (the opening line of Pride and Prejudice)
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