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Wilde About Oscar
Cryptography
In Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.Cryptography
Here are some thoughts from Oscar Wilde, one of the 19th century's most popular - and controversial- writers. Can you decode them?
All puzzles use the same code.
K=X
"NRPCBED RLEBO LRAUCYBN EVB PACWCOMS; CE OBYBA LRAUCYBN EVB GABMWBA."
"BKIBACBOPB CN EVB OMWB BYBADROB UCYBN ER EVBCA WCNEMFBN."
"CE CN TBEEBA ER VMYB M IBAWMOBOE COPRWB EVMO ER TB LMNPCOMECOU."
All puzzles use the same code.
K=X
"NRPCBED RLEBO LRAUCYBN EVB PACWCOMS; CE OBYBA LRAUCYBN EVB GABMWBA."
"BKIBACBOPB CN EVB OMWB BYBADROB UCYBN ER EVBCA WCNEMFBN."
"CE CN TBEEBA ER VMYB M IBAWMOBOE COPRWB EVMO ER TB LMNPCOMECOU."
Hint
L=FU=G
Y=V
Answer
"Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.""Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes."
"It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating."
Key:
A=R
B=E
C=I
D=Y
E=T
F=K
G=D
I=P
K=X
L=F
M=A
N=S
O=N
P=C
R=O
S=L
T=B
U=G
V=H
W=M
Y=V
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