"there is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous" in German There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. Vom Erhabenen zum Lächerlichen ist nur ein Schritt. Detailed translations for "there is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous" There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. Vom Erhabenen zum Lächerlichen ist nur ein Schritt.