To sacrifice the world to paradise is to let slip the prey for the shadow. Auteur: Victor Hugo Copy Quote More from Victor Hugo “there is a point, moreover, at which the unfortunate and the infamous are assoc…” “His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of a…” “He had given Cosette a dress of Binche lace that had come down to him from his …” “Human thought has no limit. At its risk and peril, it analyzes and dissects its…”