2 Esdras 7:63

63 It would have been better if you had never been created. Then we humans would never have had the power of reasoning!

2 Esdras 7:63 In-Context

61 I will not be sad about the large number of people who will be lost, because even now they last no longer than a vapor; they disappear like fire and smoke; they catch fire, blaze up, and quickly go out."

62 Then I said to the earth, "Look at what you have done! When you gave birth to the rest of creation you gave birth to reason.

63 It would have been better if you had never been created. Then we humans would never have had the power of reasoning!

64 But as it is now, our reason grows up with us and then torments us, because we realize that we are going to die!

65 Compared to us who must bear this sorrow, the dumb animals must be happy.