The Caesar Cipher
This week’s proverb is written in the Caesar Cipher so called because the Roman general Julius Caesar used it to send messages to his troops. It is a simple shift cipher in which the letters in the alphabet shift down several spaces. In this case, start with A and count down 7 letters to G; the code would be G=A, H=B, I=C, etc. This is an easy code to write and with 26 tries you can easily break it.
NUVK OY G BKXH COZN 0ZY YNOXZYRKKBKY XURRKJ AV
G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S |
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | A | B | C | D | E | F |
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
The solution to this week’s cipher is:
Hope is a verb with its shirtsleeves rolled up. – David Orr