one step above the sublime makes the ridiculous

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• One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime… — One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again. См. От великого до смешного один шаг …   Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)

• from the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step — In this form, from a remark made by Napoleon to the Polish ambassador De Pradt (D. G. De Pradt Histoire de l’Ambassade (1815) 215), following the retreat from Moscow in 1812: Du sublime au ridicule il n’y a qu’un pas, there is only one step from… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• от великого до смешного один шаг — Ср. От великого до смешного один шаг. Марлинский. Часы и зеркало. Ср. Die Dummheit hat ihr Sublimes so gut als der Verstand, und wer darin bis zum Absurden gehen kann, hat das Erhabene in dieser Art erreicht. Ср. Wieland. Die Abderiten. 3, 8. Ср …   Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона

• От великого до смешного один шаг — Отъ великаго до смѣшного одинъ шагъ. Ср. Отъ великаго до смѣшного одинъ шагъ. Марлинскій. Часы и зеркало. Ср. Die Dummheit hat ihr Sublimes so gut als der Verstand, und wer darin bis zum Absurden gehen kann, hat das Erhabene in dieser Art… …   Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)

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• Charles Deburau — Nadar: Charles Deburau as Pierrot, c. 1858. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Jean Charles Deburau (1829–1873) was an important French mime, the son and successor of the legendary Jean Gaspard Deburau, who was immortalized as Baptiste the Pierrot in …   Wikipedia

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …   Universalium

• humour — /hyooh meuhr/, n., v.t., Chiefly Brit. humor. Usage. See or1. * * * I (Latin; fluid ) In early Western physiological theory, one of the four body fluids thought to determine a person s temperament and features. As hypothesized by Galen, the four… …   Universalium

• theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …   Universalium

• Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …   Proverbs new dictionary