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Printable Philosophy Cryptogram Pack — 12 Puzzles

Each puzzle below is a letter-substitution cipher: crack it by hand in the numbered grid, using the blank code key underneath each puzzle to track your guesses. A separate Answer Key at the end has every solved quote, so this pack is self-contained on paper — no login or account needed.

Philosophy puzzles

Puzzle 1 — Jane Austen

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Puzzle 9 — Socrates

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Answer Key

  1. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

    — Jane Austen (Puzzle 1)

  2. No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

    — Abraham Lincoln (Puzzle 2)

  3. I can live without money, but I cannot live without love.

    — Judy Garland (Puzzle 3)

  4. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

    — Oscar Wilde (Puzzle 4)

  5. A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

    — William Shakespeare (Puzzle 5)

  6. If you want your children to listen, try talking softly to someone else.

    — Ann Landers (Puzzle 6)

  7. A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

    — Winston Churchill (Puzzle 7)

  8. Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

    — Benjamin Franklin (Puzzle 8)

  9. By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

    — Socrates (Puzzle 9)

  10. If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

    — Dalai Lama (Puzzle 10)

  11. The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

    — Albert Einstein (Puzzle 11)

  12. The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

    — Lao Tzu (Puzzle 12)