Two days are best of a man's wedded life,
The days when he marries and buries his wife.
δύ᾿ ἡμέραι γυναικός εἰσιν ἥδισται,
ὅταν γαμῇ τις κἀκφέρῃ τεθνηκυῖαν.
ὅταν γαμῇ τις κἀκφέρῃ τεθνηκυῖαν.
Original text (Ancient Greek)
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Cf. the (apparently anonymous) English-language joke "The two best days in a boat owner’s life are the day they buy a boat and the day they sell it." Reuven Perlman, "The Best Days of a Boat Owner's Life", The New Yorker (13 January 2021)