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If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
Variant translation: 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.
I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short.
Variant translation: I have made this one [letter] longer than usual because I did not have the leisure to make it shorter.