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Cryptogram pack 26: Wisdom

Cryptogram Pack 26
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Five quotations on wisdom, each encrypted with its own letter substitution. A stands for a different letter in every puzzle, and no letter ever stands for itself. Type in the boxes to solve on screen, or print the pack.

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Puzzle 1 by Publilius Syrus

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Many receive advice; only the wise profit from it.

Publilius Syrus, Maxims, 1st century BC

Puzzle 2 by Seneca

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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

Seneca, Letters to Lucilius

Puzzle 3 by Aesop

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Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

Aesop, The Wind and the Sun, fable moral

Puzzle 4 by Henry David Thoreau

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Our life is frittered away by detail. simplify, simplify.

Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854

Puzzle 5 by Henry David Thoreau

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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. what are you industrious about?

Henry David Thoreau, letter to H.G.O. Blake, 1857

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