But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.

  • -- Sophocles 索福克勒斯

凡生无用之子的,若不为自己招来愁烦,为仇敌招来喜笑,你们还能说他什么呢。

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Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.

我们的诞生不过是死亡的开始,正如蜡烛一旦着了火就会熄灭。

I was at the birth of my two girls.

我生了两个女儿。