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Johann Lavater
Cryptography
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The following quotes are from Johann Lavater (1741-1801). He was a Swiss writer, Protestant pastor, and founder of physiognomics.
Can you decode them?
Both puzzles use the same code.
* The hint contains three vowels.
K=R, S=Y
"AKCIA YOJ XRA POAY SRCK IZQKZAI PYR, PYZX VZWA DVRXZ OX SRCK KRRJ, ACKXI RNZK SRCK UDUZKI."
"XZNZK IDS SRC FXRP D JDX CXAOV SRC YDNZ TONOTZT DX OXYZKOADXQZ POAY YOJ."
Can you decode them?
Both puzzles use the same code.
* The hint contains three vowels.
K=R, S=Y
"AKCIA YOJ XRA POAY SRCK IZQKZAI PYR, PYZX VZWA DVRXZ OX SRCK KRRJ, ACKXI RNZK SRCK UDUZKI."
"XZNZK IDS SRC FXRP D JDX CXAOV SRC YDNZ TONOTZT DX OXYZKOADXQZ POAY YOJ."
Hint
D=AO=I
Z=E
Answer
"TRUST HIM NOT WITH YOUR SECRETS WHO, WHEN LEFT ALONE IN YOUR ROOM, TURNS OVER YOUR PAPERS.""NEVER SAY YOU KNOW A MAN UNTIL YOU HAVE DIVIDED AN INHERITANCE WITH HIM."
KEY:
A=T
C=U
D=A
F=K
I=S
J=M
K=R
N=V
O=I
P=W
Q=C
R=O
S=Y
T=D
U=P
V=L
W=F
X=N
Y=H
Z=E
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