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Galileo
Cryptography
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The following quotes are from Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642). He was an Italian physicist and astronomer.
Can you decode them?
Both puzzles use the same code.
* The hint provides three vowels.
A=D
"PJQ LXUUJN NCXLV X RXU XUPNVZUK; PJQ LXU JUOP VCOH VZR AZBLJTCD ZN ZU VZRBCOG."
"XOO NDQNVB XDC CXBP NJ QUACDBNXUA JULC NVCP XDC AZBLJTCDCA; NVC HJZUN ZB NJ AZBLJTCD NVCR."
Can you decode them?
Both puzzles use the same code.
* The hint provides three vowels.
A=D
"PJQ LXUUJN NCXLV X RXU XUPNVZUK; PJQ LXU JUOP VCOH VZR AZBLJTCD ZN ZU VZRBCOG."
"XOO NDQNVB XDC CXBP NJ QUACDBNXUA JULC NVCP XDC AZBLJTCDCA; NVC HJZUN ZB NJ AZBLJTCD NVCR."
Hint
C=EQ=U
X=A
Answer
"YOU CANNOT TEACH A MAN ANYTHING; YOU CAN ONLY HELP HIM DISCOVER IT IN HIMSELF.""ALL TRUTHS ARE EASY TO UNDERSTAND ONCE THEY ARE DISCOVERED; THE POINT IS TO DISCOVER THEM."
KEY:
A=D
B=S
C=E
D=R
G=F
H=P
J=O
K=G
L=C
N=T
O=L
P=Y
Q=U
R=M
T=V
U=N
V=H
X=A
Z=I
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Comments
GEEEEEZ! HOW'D YOU EXPECT US TO WORK THAT ONE OUT?!
Great teaser. Difficult but good. Nicely put.
Gal-Ah-Lay-Ohhhhhh ???
Oy Yoy Yoy !!!
$D
Oy Yoy Yoy !!!
$D
INo patience for this kind of teaser. Nice quotes, though. Thanks for posting.
Sorry, but I will not waste my time on these type teasers.
Wow, this kind of teaser is so hard, doehead found himself and wrote a comment in first person. Yea, welcome to the world.
I thought it was Sourdough that never writes in the first person.
I like these kinds of teasers, but it always takes a lot of time to copy them down and I have to have them on paper to work them out.
Anyone else have that problem?
I like these kinds of teasers, but it always takes a lot of time to copy them down and I have to have them on paper to work them out.
Anyone else have that problem?
I, too, have to copy them down to solve them, but I love this kind of teaser. I had to look at part of the hint to get going, but it was fairly easy. More , please.
Whoo hoo!! This was the first one of these that I have ever completed! =) I usually skip them, but I decided to give it a try today. I did use the hint, but I already had the "a" and had an idea about "e". Next time I think I'll be able to do it without the hint. Yay!
Great teaser ares! You are an expert at this kind. . . . would love to see more from you!
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