Quotation by D.H. Lawrence

Homer was wrong in saying, "Would that strife might pass away from among gods and men!" He did not see that he was praying for the destruction of the universe.
D.H. (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885–1930), British author. "Notes for Birds, Beasts, and Flowers," Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D. H. Lawrence, p. 67, Viking Press (1936).
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