[PW] Voltaire Quote

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>From Œuvres complètes de Voltaire (at Google Book Search), p. 265:

Letter to Frédéric-Guillaume, 11/28/1770 - "Le doute n'est pas un état
bien agréable, mais l'assurance est un état  ridicule."

Susie

On 8/1/07, Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> Is anyone able to provide any information about the following quotation,
> said to be by Voltaire:
>
> "Doubt is not a pleasant condition but certainty is an absurd one."
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
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