[PW] Voltaire Quote

[Graf, Jeffrey C]

Hello,

Voltaire's Correspondence, edited by Theodore Bestermann.  Geneva: 
Institut et Musee Voltaire Les Delices, 1962.  Vol. LXXVII.  
October-December 1770.  Letters 15,660-15,903. Catherine and Frederick.

The letter begins on pl 119 and ends on p. 120.
The phrase appears on p. 120.

15768
Voltaire to Frederick William, crown prince of Prussia

28 Novembre 1770 a Ferney (28e 9bre 1770 a Ferney)

Monseignr,

...

Le doubte n'est pas un etat bien agreable, mais l'assurance est un etat 
ridicule.

...

Regards,

Jeff Graf
Reference
Wells Library
Indiana University - Bloomington




Quoting Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>:

>
> 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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