6 cryptograms to solve with a pencil. Each letter of the quote has been swapped for another letter, and the same swap holds all the way through.
20 pt ciphertext — the size a newspaper puzzle page never gives you. 26 pt ciphertext with wide letter spacing and room to write. Both sizes print on US Letter with the answer key on its own page.
Printing this web page instead? Press Ctrl+P (⌘+P on a Mac). The navigation and buttons drop away, and the answer key prints on its own page — open it below first if you want it included.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Solver's cheat sheet
Most common letters
E T A O I N S H R D L U
Most common 1-letter words
A I
Most common 2-letter words
OF TO IN IT IS BE AS AT SO WE HE BY OR ON DO IF ME MY UP AN GO NO US AM
Most common 3-letter words
THE AND FOR ARE BUT NOT YOU ALL ANY CAN HER WAS ONE OUR OUT DAY GET HAS HIM HIS HOW MAN NEW NOW OLD SEE TWO WAY WHO BOY DID ITS LET PUT SAY SHE TOO USE
Common double letters
LL EE SS OO TT FF RR NN PP CC
Common word endings
-ING -ION -ENT -TION -LY -ED -ER -EST
After an apostrophe
T (don't) S (it's) RE (we're) VE (I've) LL (we'll) D (I'd)
“Sure, he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not that capability and godlike reason to fust in us unused.”— William Shakespeare, 1601, Hamlet, Act IV. Sc. 4 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=L B=G C=X D=J E=M F=P G=H H=B I=C J=F K=W L=D M=Y N=Q O=N P=R Q=K R=V S=A T=S U=E V=I W=T X=Z Y=U Z=O
“It is his human environment which influences his mind and his feelings, furnishes him his ideals, and sets him on his road and keeps him in it.”— Mark Twain, 1906, What Is Man? and Other EssaysCipher key: A=G B=N C=R D=V E=H F=W G=L H=X I=Q J=C K=E L=T M=P N=A O=J P=Z Q=B R=M S=O T=I U=D V=U W=Y X=F Y=S Z=K
“In meeting the problems of this difficult period, we have witnessed a remarkable development of the sense of cooperation in the community.”— Herbert Hoover, 1931, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=Q B=L C=V D=E E=T F=W G=C H=D I=B J=H K=G L=P M=F N=K O=J P=X Q=I R=M S=U T=A U=N V=R W=O X=Z Y=S Z=Y
“The advancement of world civilization likewise is dependent upon that order among the people of different countries which we term peace.”— Calvin Coolidge, 1928, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=G B=K C=E D=Y E=J F=H G=P H=I I=Q J=A K=D L=S M=B N=O O=N P=R Q=X R=Z S=F T=C U=W V=M W=U X=T Y=L Z=V
“He that knows not what the world is, knows not where he is himself. He that knows not for what he was made, knows not what he is nor what the world is.”— Marcus Aurelius, 170, Meditations, VIII. 52 (in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed., 1891)Cipher key: A=B B=G C=P D=I E=A F=T G=X H=D I=Y J=R K=V L=H M=W N=O O=N P=E Q=S R=Q S=Z T=K U=L V=F W=U X=M Y=J Z=C
“So far as possible the people everywhere shall have that sense of perfect security which is most favorable to calm thought and reflection.”— Abraham Lincoln, 1861, First Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=T B=Y C=V D=F E=W F=N G=K H=O I=L J=Z K=R L=C M=E N=S O=G P=H Q=I R=U S=P T=D U=B V=A W=J X=Q Y=M Z=X