“To sacrifice the world to paradise is to let slip the prey for the shadow.”
“Let us sacrifice one day to gain perhaps a whole life.”
“It does not do to let the senses fall asleep, whether in the shade of the sacred tree or in the shadow of an army.”
“There is M. Geborand purchasing paradise for a sou.”
“See Monsieur Geborand, buying a pennyworth of paradise.”
“The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.”
“An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.”