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

Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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The sublime

Author

Napoleon Bonaparte

Genre

Historical literature

Language

French

Time

1812 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Emperor General National leader Politician

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France Europe

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Citation

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.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Medium
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Language
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Time
1812 1810s 19th century
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Another quote originally in French

They have all a lively faith in the perfectibility of man, they judge that the diffusion of knowledge must necessarily be advantageous, and the consequences of ignorance fatal; they all consider society as a body in a state of improvement, humanity as a changing scene, in which nothing is, or ought to be, permanent; and they admit that what appears to them today to be good, may be superseded by something better tomorrow.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America

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Alexis de Tocqueville
Source
Democracy in America
Genre
Political literature
Language
French
Time
1835 1830s 19th century
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Original Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 1, London: Saunders and Otley, 1835, ch. 18, pt. 6.

Current Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 1, ch. 18, pt. 6.