Solved cryptogram
Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies, do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, chapter 11.
The passage it comes from
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"Miss Bingley," said he, "has given me credit for more than can be. The wisest and best of men, - nay, the wisest and best of their actions, - may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke."
"Certainly," replied Elizabeth, "there are such people, but I hope I am not one of them. I hope I never ridicule what is wise or good. Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies, do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can. But these, I suppose, are precisely what you are without."
"Perhaps that is not possible for anyone. But it has been the study of my life to avoid those weaknesses which often expose a strong understanding to ridicule."
Text from the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain in the United States.
Solve it yourself
This quotation is a cryptogram here: 82 letters over 18 different ones, graded easy.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyeasy
- Length82 letters, 18 of them different
Nearby in the book
The puzzles either side of this one in the novel.
- Chapter 11hard, 64 letters
- Chapter 11easy, 85 letters
- Chapter 11hard, 53 letters
- Chapter 13hard, 89 letters
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- Chapter 19easy, 72 letters
- Chapter 54easy, 57 letters
- Chapter 21easy, 96 letters
- Chapter 54easy, 89 letters
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