Source: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter IV: On the terrors of death, Line 4.
Nulli potest secura vita contingere qui de producenda nimis cogitat.
1920s, Viereck interview (1929)
“A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition”
“I still think too much about the mothers
And ask what is man born of woman.”
"Preparation," trans. Czesław Miłosz and Robert Hass
Unattainable Earth (1986)
Context: I still think too much about the mothers
And ask what is man born of woman.
He curls himself up and protects his head
While he is kicked by heavy boots; on fire and running,
He burns with bright flame; a bulldozer sweeps him into a clay pit.
Her child. Embracing a teddy bear. Conceived in ecstasy.
Source: Home Truths (1859), Ch. II: "Repent, or Perish", p. 73
On playing Bond. [Timothy Dalton Reflects On 007, 2007-02-19, http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/dalton_hot_fuzz.php3?t=&s=, MI6 - The Home of James Bond, 2007-02-21]
Attributed
“Paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right, you can never have too much.”
Variant: Paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen
Source: Bleeding Edge (2013), p. 11
