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Solution to our last puzzle:

​ There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. --Thomas Aquinas

Many of you recognized the first two words right out the gate.

A shout out to Lisbon1940 who noted the digraph "DA" showing up multiple times. The most common is "TH". He listed the others:

Order Of Frequency Of Digraphs (two–letter combinations):

th er on an re he in ed nd ha at en es of or nt ea ti to it st io le is ou ar as de rt ve

Some of you, A_perfect_lady, recognized the author super fast too.

2 posted on 04/09/2019 6:05:48 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Have you done Today's Cryptogram?...)
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3 and 1/2 min. Put e in most freq. letter and off I went. Not familiar with author. Looked author up to verify name.


4 posted on 04/09/2019 6:21:56 AM PDT by freedom1st (Build the Wall)
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To: nikos1121

3 minutes. It all comes from the “e”.


5 posted on 04/09/2019 6:53:21 AM PDT by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance.)
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To: nikos1121

Never heard of the guy. But it is so true.


6 posted on 04/09/2019 7:47:04 AM PDT by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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The e, THEN the third word. Then for some reason I camped myself up on the first word. Finally moved on and solved it. 8 minutes. Such a true quote!


10 posted on 04/09/2019 10:48:06 AM PDT by weston (As far s I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing)
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