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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

In this form, from a remark made by Napoleon to the Polish ambassador De Pradt - D. G. De Pradt Histoire de l'Ambassade - 1815, following the retreat from Moscow in 1812: Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas, there is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. The idea, however, was not original to Napoleon. 1795 T. Paine Age of Reason II. The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime, makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous, makes the sublime again.