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Wilde About Oscar II
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 more thoughts from Oscar Wilde, one of the 19th century's most popular - and controversial- writers. Can you decode them?
Both puzzles use the same code.
V=F
"RXS IYVVSOSLBS FSRESSL TYRSOCRWOS CLI QPWOLCTYAK YA RXCR QPWOLCTYAK YA WLOSCICFTS CLI TYRSOCRWOS YA LPR OSCI."
"SUSOJ ACYLR XCA C NCAR CLI SUSOJ AYLLSO XCA C VWRWOS."
Both puzzles use the same code.
V=F
"RXS IYVVSOSLBS FSRESSL TYRSOCRWOS CLI QPWOLCTYAK YA RXCR QPWOLCTYAK YA WLOSCICFTS CLI TYRSOCRWOS YA LPR OSCI."
"SUSOJ ACYLR XCA C NCAR CLI SUSOJ AYLLSO XCA C VWRWOS."
Hint
P=OQ=J
S=E
Answer
"THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LITERATURE AND JOURNALISM IS THAT JOURNALISM IS UNREADABLE AND LITERATURE IS NOT READ.""EVERY SAINT HAS A PAST AND EVERY SINNER HAS A FUTURE."
KEY:
A=S
B=C
C=A
E=W
F=B
I=D
J=Y
K=M
L=N
N=P
O=R
P=O
Q=J
R=T
S=E
T=L
U=V
V=F
W=U
X=H
Y=I
Z=K
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