2 Esdras 7:63

63 it would have been better that the dust itself had never been born, so that consciousness shouldn't be made from it.

2 Esdras 7:63 In-Context

61 I will have no regrets over the multitude who perish, for they are even now like vapor, the equivalent of flame or smoke; they burn and flare up and are quenched."

62 I replied: "Earth, what have you brought to birth? If consciousness is made of dust like other creatures,

63 it would have been better that the dust itself had never been born, so that consciousness shouldn't be made from it.

64 But now consciousness grows with us, and due to this we are tortured, because we perish and are aware of the fact.

65 Let the human race lament and let the wild beasts rejoice. Let all people who are born lament, but let four-footed animals and flocks be happy!