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Mosaic quote

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Arrange the 2 x 2 blocks of letters like mosaic tiles to form a rectangular array, then read the quote in the normal left-to-right, top-to-bottom order. The [rows × columns] configuration of the mosaic follows the enumeration. Example:

 
MOSAIC PROVERB (4 3 6 4 3 4) [2 rows × 3 columns]
 
AN IN OW SL OW AN
AD RA TE DS TE AD
→
SL ST YW YW IN ST
DS CE HE HE RA CE
 

Answer: Slow and steady wins the race. Mosaic quotes are limited to 100 letters.

The mosaic quote was invented by 769 and introduced in February 2001.

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