There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. — Napoleon Bonaparte
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
In the original French
Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas.
1812
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Bonaparte, Napoleon. Quoted in Histoire de I'Ambassade dans le grand-duche de Varsovie en 1812 [History of the Embassy in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in 1812], written by M. de Pradt. Paris: Pilet, 1815.