Bal Thackeray/illness and Death

Famous quotes containing the words thackeray, illness and/or death:

“It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.”
—William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)

“Murderous desire, hatred, distrust are nowadays the accompanying signs of physical illness: so thoroughly have we embodied our moral prejudices.—Perhaps cowardice and pity appear as symptoms of illness in savage ages. Perhaps even virtues might be symptoms.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“Young lover to old lover: I do not feel death in your embrace, but the adoration of the patriarchs.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)