God be with you! I have done.
Please it your grace, on to the state-affairs:
I had rather to adopt a child than get it.
– William Shakespeare
Othello, Act 1, Scene 3. Frustrated and angry that Desdemona has betrayed him and chosen Othello for her husband against his wishes, Brabantio disowns his daughter. He says that he would rather adopt a child than have one of his own.