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Beware of Desire
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
The following two quotes are from the famous Greek philosopher, Socrates. Both quotes use the same cipher.
1. JVSQ XLI HIITIWX HIWMVIW SJXIR GSQI XLI HIEHPMIWX LEXI.
2. PMJI GSRXEMRW FYX XAS XVEKIHMIW. SRI MW RSX XS KIX CSYV LIEVX'W HIWMVI; XLI SXLIV MW XS KIX MX.
1. JVSQ XLI HIITIWX HIWMVIW SJXIR GSQI XLI HIEHPMIWX LEXI.
2. PMJI GSRXEMRW FYX XAS XVEKIHMIW. SRI MW RSX XS KIX CSYV LIEVX'W HIWMVI; XLI SXLIV MW XS KIX MX.
Answer
1. From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.2. Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
The cipher I used was a Caesar cipher with a shift of 4. In other words, A = E, B = F, C = G, etc.
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Nice quotes. I guessed what type of cipher you used and used a program I made a while ago to decode it.
I don't really like ciphers . Unless they tell me what the cipher is
Darn, I should'v noticed the pattern. u_u
It was fun either way. I was searching through this site for a quick one before I went to bed, and found this one. Tried to go back to sleep, without solving it, but it was digging through my skull, so I had to solve it. xD Ciphers are definitely fun. Good job on this one, it actually describes me in a way. ^_^
It was fun either way. I was searching through this site for a quick one before I went to bed, and found this one. Tried to go back to sleep, without solving it, but it was digging through my skull, so I had to solve it. xD Ciphers are definitely fun. Good job on this one, it actually describes me in a way. ^_^
Figured this one out easily. I love puzzles and will only walk away once they're finnished. Good teaser.
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