From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.

Speaking about troubles in the invasions of Russia (10 December 1812), as recorded by Abbé du Pradt, and quoted in History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789, to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815, Vol. 3 (1842) by Sir Archibald Alison, p. 593

s: There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.