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When authors and critics talk of the sublime, they see not how nearly it borders on the ridiculous.

Thomas Paine
Sublime, Borders, Ridiculous
Thomas Paine (1830). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar”, p.158
When authors and critics talk of the sublime, they see not how nearly it borders on the ridiculous.