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Cryptaquote I (Posted on 2017-09-14) Difficulty: 2 of 5
"A B and A C are very rare".

Either decode the famous quotation or invent a meaningful one of your own.

A is an adjective, B and C are nouns.

  Submitted by Ady TZIDON    
Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)
Solution: (Hide)

A=perfect B=numbers C=men
Perfect numbers and perfect men are very rare. (Math Man)

The actual quote, from the great Rene Descartes, is "Perfect numbers, like perfect men, are very rare."
He was, after all, a mathematician! ( JayDeeKay)

My remark: Perfect answers by perfect solvers are definitely very rare! (Ady TZIDON)

With excellent minds like yours, Charlie's and MM's, it seems they're not so rare at perplexus.info. :-) ( JayDeeKay)

Common sense and common courtesy are very rare.(Larry)

Absolute good and absolute evil are very rare.
One can imagine replacing 'good' and 'evil' with other opposites, 'absolute' is just a modifier so can also be changed around.(JER)

Hey, it was a nice and creative chat! (Ady)

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  Subject Author Date
Another oneLarry2017-09-14 15:55:11
OppositesJer2017-09-14 14:12:45
re(3): Answer @ both solvers JayDeeKay2017-09-14 10:42:00
Hints/Tipsre(2): Answer @ both solvers Ady TZIDON2017-09-14 10:31:21
re: AnswerJayDeeKay2017-09-14 08:24:38
SolutionAnswerMath Man2017-09-14 08:10:18
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