Edgar Allan Poe
Poet, Writer
"It may be roundly asserted that human ingenuity cannot concoct a cipher which human ingenuity cannot resolve."
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Ciphers
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Mahatma Gandhi
Political Leader
"You are not going to know the meaning of God or prayer unless you reduce yourself to a cipher."
Bernard Baruch
Financier, Politician
"A man can't retire his experience."
Frederic Chopin
Composer
"Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars."
Dan Brown
Author
"I'm somebody who likes codes and ciphers and chases and artwork and architecture, and all the things you find in a Robert Langdon thriller."
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"Thou seekest disciples? Then thou seekest ciphers."
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"I carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!"
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