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Phoney Puzzle XI
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
This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial.
The authors of the quotes have been given.
2 29642 47 668 637359 663 946 73237 248837 5377667 3766 843 7278, 43 47 663 946 47 77362887359 347277646833 46 843 388873. -- Sidney J. Harris
2 29642 47 2 626 946, 9436 43 763557 3569377, 56657 276863 367 2 263346. -- H. L. Mencken
The authors of the quotes have been given.
2 29642 47 668 637359 663 946 73237 248837 5377667 3766 843 7278, 43 47 663 946 47 77362887359 347277646833 46 843 388873. -- Sidney J. Harris
2 29642 47 2 626 946, 9436 43 763557 3569377, 56657 276863 367 2 263346. -- H. L. Mencken
Hint
2 - ABC3 - DEF
4 - GHI
5 - JKL
6 - MNO
7 - PQRS
8 - TUV
9 - WXYZ
Answer
A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future. -- Sidney J. HarrisA cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. -- H. L. Mencken
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