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Old Master
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The following quotes are from Lao Tzu. He was a Chinese Taoist philosopher believed to have been born between 600 - 300 B.C. Lao Tzu was not his real name but rather an honorific title given the Sage, meaning "Old Master".
Can you decode them?
Both puzzles use the same code.
* The hint contains three vowels.
I=W
"OV VMB SBLVBH KD NKXH QBTLF NKX MOZB VMB OLAIBH; NKX WLKI IMK NKX OHB OLU NKX WLKI IMOV NKX IOLV."
"QKHL VK QB ITYU - YTZB VK KXVFHKI TV."
Can you decode them?
Both puzzles use the same code.
* The hint contains three vowels.
I=W
"OV VMB SBLVBH KD NKXH QBTLF NKX MOZB VMB OLAIBH; NKX WLKI IMK NKX OHB OLU NKX WLKI IMOV NKX IOLV."
"QKHL VK QB ITYU - YTZB VK KXVFHKI TV."
Hint
B=EO=A
X=U
Answer
"AT THE CENTER OF YOUR BEING YOU HAVE THE ANSWER; YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT.""BORN TO BE WILD - LIVE TO OUTGROW IT."
KEY:
A=S
B=E
D=F
F=G
H=R
I=W
K=O
L=N
M=H
N=Y
O=A
Q=B
S=C
T=I
U=D
V=T
W=K
X=U
Y=L
Z=V
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