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(?) Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more) “A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.” ― Edgar Allan Poe tags: horror, poe, short-stories, the-cask-of-amontillado Read more quotes from Edgar Allan Poe Share this quote: Like Quote

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