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I'm having some issues translating the first part (bolded) of this
metaphor/saying(?) into English.

> **世に孵ることを拒む卵はなく** 、 芽吹くことを拒む種子もあり得ない.

How does the verb 孵る work on the こと part of the sentence, and does the full
sentence end in the adjectival phrase "あり得ない" or does it end with a nai-form
"得"?

The two possible translations I have at the moment are:

> In life to hatch out is a circumstance that to prevent the infant’s cries,
> is impossible as the seed denys its circumstances to bud.

and

> In society to hatch out is an occurrence that to prevent the infant’s cries,
> is as impossible as the seed rejecting its circumstances to bud.
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Unknown Japanese saying: 世に孵ることを拒む卵はなく、　芽吹くことを拒む種子もあり得ない
Let me break it down to smaller chunks...

世に孵ることを拒む refuse to hatch into this world (← relative clause that modifies 卵)  
卵 egg  
は (topic particle)  
なく don't exist (← continuative form of ない(無い))  
芽吹くことを拒む refuse to germinate (← relative clause that modifies 種子)  
種子 seed  
も either  
あり得ない can not exist

To put them back together, I think it means something like...

> 世に孵ることを拒む卵はなく、芽吹くことを拒む種子もあり得ない。

"There are no eggs that refuse to hatch into this world, and there cannot be
seeds that refuse to sprout out, either."
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