The Cask of Amontillado Quotes

Nemo me impune lacessit. – No one attacks me with impunity.

I drink to the buried that repose around us. – I toast to the dead who rest around us.

A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. – A wrong is not righted when revenge catches up with the one seeking justice.

It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. – It must be understood that I had not given Fortunato any reason to doubt my kindness.

The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. – I had endured the thousand wrongs of Fortunato as best I could; but when he insulted me, I swore revenge.

I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. – I must not only punish, but punish without consequence.

The Montresors were a great and numerous family. – The Montresors were a large and powerful family.

In pace requiescat. – May he rest in peace.

It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong. – It is equally unresolved when the avenger fails to make himself known to the one who has done wrong.

For the most part their enthusiasm is adopted to suit the time and opportunity. – For the most part, their enthusiasm is adopted to fit the time and opportunity.

The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. – I had endured the thousand wrongs of Fortunato as best I could; but when he insulted me, I swore revenge.

These walls are solidly put together. – These walls are strongly built.

The thought of my revenge thrilled me as with the trumpets. – The thought of my revenge excited me like the sound of trumpets.

Let us be gone. – Let us leave.

In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack. – In painting and gems, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a fraud.

It was now midnight – It was now midnight.

The grottos are insufferably damp. – The grottos are unbearably damp.

I continued as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation. – I continued to smile in his face, as I usually did, and he did not notice that my smile was now at the thought of his destruction.

The thought of my revenge thrilled me as with the trumpets. – The thought of my revenge excited me like the sound of trumpets.

It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season… – It was about dusk, one evening during the height of the madness of the carnival season…

A succession of loud and shrill screams… – A series of loud and piercing screams…

No answer still. I thrust a torch through the remaining aperture… – Still no answer. I stuck a torch through the remaining opening…

I reapproached the wall. I replied to the yells of him who clamored… – I approached the wall again. I responded to the yells of the one who screamed…

It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening… – It took me an hour to fit my entire head into the opening…

And as for Luchesi, he cannot distinguish Sherry from Amontillado. – And as for Luchesi, he cannot tell Sherry apart from Amontillado.

They had armed themselves with hammers and chains… – They had armed themselves with hammers and chains…

You are not of the masons. – You are not one of the masons.

The pipe with which he was intoxicated. – The pipe with which he was intoxicated.

We will go back; your health is precious. – We will go back; your health is precious.

Oh, yes! he said, laughing heartily, the Amontillado. – Oh, yes! he said, laughing heartily, the Amontillado.

It hangs like moss upon the vaults. – It hangs like moss upon the vaults.

I followed immediately at his heels. – I followed closely behind him.

You are a man to be missed. – You are a man who will be missed.

He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. – He prided himself on his expertise in wine.

And I to your long life. – And I to your long life.

But now there came from out the niche a low laugh that erected the hairs upon my head. – But now there came from the niche a low laugh that made the hairs on my head stand up.

The drops of moisture trickle among the bones. – The drops of moisture trickle among the bones.

These vaults are extensive. – These vaults are vast.

A succession of loud and shrill screams. – A series of loud and piercing screams.

It was re-echoed, I fancy, by a ring of the metal. – It was echoed, I think, by a ring of metal.

We passed through walls of piled bones… – We passed through walls of piled bones…

For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. – No one has disturbed them for half a century.

The clamored; I re-echoed; I aided; I surpassed. – They screamed, I echoed, I helped, I surpassed.

I placed my hand upon the solid fabric of the catacombs. – I placed my hand on the solid structure of the catacombs.

I must first render you all the little attentions in my power. – I must first give you all the little attentions in my power.

In its surface were two iron staples… – In its surface were two iron staples…

I struggled with its weight… – I struggled with its weight…

Your cough… it will not kill me. – Your cough… it will not kill me.

There is no one beside us. – There is no one beside us.

May he rest in peace. – May he rest in peace.