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Don't Shrivel
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
These quotations all have a common theme. Can you decipher them?
SHRIVEL ZX BTL NIZSL BTVB QZDL LMVSBX DHI EIVPBZPE NLVSL. - VGLQZV LVITVIB
SHRIVEL ZX DLVI BTVB TVX XVZO ZBX NIVULIX. - OHIHBTU ALIPVIO
SHRIVEL ZX BTL VIB HD ALZPE BTL HPQU HPL YTH FPHYX UHR'IL XSVILO BH OLVBT. - TVIHQO YZQXHP
V BZGZO NLIXHP ZX DIZETBLPLO ALDHIL V OVPELI, V SHYVIO ORIZPE BTL BZGL, VPO V SHRIVELHRX NLIXHP VDBLIYVIO. - WLVP NVRQ IZSTBLI
FLLN UHRI DLVIX BH UHRIXLQD, ARB XTVIL UHRI SHRIVEL YZBT HBTLIX. - IHALIB QHRZX XBLKLPXHP
XHGL TVKL ALLP BTHRETB AIVKL ALSVRXL BTLU YLIL VDIVZO BH IRP VYVU. - BTHGVX DRQQLI
SHRIVEL ZX BTL NIZSL BTVB QZDL LMVSBX DHI EIVPBZPE NLVSL. - VGLQZV LVITVIB
SHRIVEL ZX DLVI BTVB TVX XVZO ZBX NIVULIX. - OHIHBTU ALIPVIO
SHRIVEL ZX BTL VIB HD ALZPE BTL HPQU HPL YTH FPHYX UHR'IL XSVILO BH OLVBT. - TVIHQO YZQXHP
V BZGZO NLIXHP ZX DIZETBLPLO ALDHIL V OVPELI, V SHYVIO ORIZPE BTL BZGL, VPO V SHRIVELHRX NLIXHP VDBLIYVIO. - WLVP NVRQ IZSTBLI
FLLN UHRI DLVIX BH UHRIXLQD, ARB XTVIL UHRI SHRIVEL YZBT HBTLIX. - IHALIB QHRZX XBLKLPXHP
XHGL TVKL ALLP BTHRETB AIVKL ALSVRXL BTLU YLIL VDIVZO BH IRP VYVU. - BTHGVX DRQQLI
Hint
If you don't shrivel, you may earn a red badge.Answer
The common theme is COURAGE.Key (Code=Answer)
A=B
B=T
C=Q
D=F
E=G
F=K
G=M
H=O
I=R
J=Z
K=V
L=E
M=X
N=P
O=D
P=N
Q=L
R=U
S=C
T=H
U=Y
V=A
W=J
X=S
Y=W
Z=I
Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace. - Amelia Earhart
Courage is fear that has said its prayers. - Dorothy Bernard
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death. - Harold Wilson
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. - Jean Paul Richter
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. - Robert Louis Stevenson
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. - Thomas Fuller
Note: The hint refers to "The Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane. SHRIVEL decodes to COURAGE.
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Yay!! i am the 1st one!!! Anyway, I thot that this one was pretty hard, but I was able to do it!
Yay!! i am the 1st one!!! Anyway, I thot that this one was pretty hard, but I was able to do it!
That moment when you decode the whole puzzle, except for one letter, because you don't know the word exacts.
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