Upon this, one has to remark that men ought either to be well treated or crushed because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries; of more seri… - Niccolò Machiavelli

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Upon this, one has to remark that men ought either to be well treated or crushed because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries; of more serious ones they cannot, therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.