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Printable Science 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.

Answer Key

  1. Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything.

    — Anonymous (Puzzle 1)

  2. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

    — Steven Wright (Puzzle 2)

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

    — Albert Einstein (Puzzle 3)

  4. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    — Alan Kay (Puzzle 4)

  5. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

    — Albert Einstein (Puzzle 5)

  6. A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

    — Albert Einstein (Puzzle 6)

  7. I have not failed. I've just found ten thousand ways that won't work.

    — Thomas Edison (Puzzle 7)

  8. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

    — Albert Einstein (Puzzle 8)

  9. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

    — Thomas Edison (Puzzle 9)

  10. I think, therefore I am.

    — Meditations on First Philosophy (Puzzle 10)

  11. Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

    — Apophthegms (Puzzle 11)

  12. Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned.

    — Blaise Pascal (Puzzle 12)