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Famous People's Not-So-Famous Quotations
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 below cryptograms are lesser known quotes by famous people. The cipher (key) for all of them is the same.
1. BZLDJC DC KLZ IZQNZLS DLCIDQRSDKL RLG LDLZSH-LDLZ IZQNZLS IZQCIDQRSDKL.
--SAKORC R. ZGDCKL
2. SAZQZ'C LKSADLB QZORQMRXPZ RXKJS DS. RPP KLZ ARC SK GK DC ADS SAZ QDBAS MZHC RS SAZ QDBAS SDOZ RLG SAZ DLCSQJOZLS IPRHC DSCZPE.
--YKARLLZC CZXRCSDRL XRNA
3. D RO LKS R CIZZG QZRGZQ. D RO R CIZZG JLGZQCSRLGZQ.
--DCRRN RCDOKW
4. D ARWZ LZWZQ OZS R ORL CK DBLKQRLS SARS D NKJPGL'S PZRQL CKOZSADLB EQKO ADO.
--BRPDPZK BRPDPZD
5. D ARWZ XJS KLZ PROI XH FADNA OH EZZS RQZ BJDGZG; RLG SARS DC SAZ PROI KE ZUIZQDZLNZ. D MLKF KE LK FRH KE YJGBDLB SAZ EJSJQZ XJS XH SAZ IRCS.
--IRSQDNM AZLQH
1. BZLDJC DC KLZ IZQNZLS DLCIDQRSDKL RLG LDLZSH-LDLZ IZQNZLS IZQCIDQRSDKL.
--SAKORC R. ZGDCKL
2. SAZQZ'C LKSADLB QZORQMRXPZ RXKJS DS. RPP KLZ ARC SK GK DC ADS SAZ QDBAS MZHC RS SAZ QDBAS SDOZ RLG SAZ DLCSQJOZLS IPRHC DSCZPE.
--YKARLLZC CZXRCSDRL XRNA
3. D RO LKS R CIZZG QZRGZQ. D RO R CIZZG JLGZQCSRLGZQ.
--DCRRN RCDOKW
4. D ARWZ LZWZQ OZS R ORL CK DBLKQRLS SARS D NKJPGL'S PZRQL CKOZSADLB EQKO ADO.
--BRPDPZK BRPDPZD
5. D ARWZ XJS KLZ PROI XH FADNA OH EZZS RQZ BJDGZG; RLG SARS DC SAZ PROI KE ZUIZQDZLNZ. D MLKF KE LK FRH KE YJGBDLB SAZ EJSJQZ XJS XH SAZ IRCS.
--IRSQDNM AZLQH
Hint
K=OG=D
1st quote is by an inventor
2nd by a Composer/Musician
3rd by a Sci-Fi writer
4th by an Astronomer
5th by a Revolutionist
Answer
1. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.--Thomas A. Edison
2. There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
--Johannes Sebastian Bach
3. I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
--Isaac Asimov
4. I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
--Galileo Galilei
5. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
--Patrick Henry
The Cipher is as follows:
F=W
U=X
K=O
G=D
L=N
Z=E
I=P
Q=R
N=C
S=T
B=G
D=I
J=U
C=S
R=A
H=Y
A=H
O=M
M=K
X=B
P=L
E=F
Y=J
W=V
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