Wife, we scarce thought us blest
That God had lent us but this only child;
But now I see this one is one too much,
And that we have a curse in having her.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 5. Capulet is so full of fury at Juliet, his only remaining child alive, that he hatefully calls her a "curse" on him and his wife.