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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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