There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime. (Lion Feuchtwanger)

There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.

Lion Feuchtwanger

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