Famous quotes containing the words thackeray, illness and/or death:
“Whenever he met a great man he grovelled before him, and my-lorded him as only a free-born Briton can do.”
—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)
“O Lord, methought what pain it was to drown,
What dreadful noise of waters in my ears!
What sights of ugly death within my eyes!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)