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There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Ridiculous, Neighbor, Ridicule
"Oeuvres, Dialogues des Morts". Book by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (Chapter IV), traslated, 1683.
There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.