For it must be noted, that men must either be caressed or else annihilated; they will revenge themselves for small injuries, but cannot do so for great ones; the injury therefore that we do to a man must be such that we need not fear his vengeance.


The Prince (ed. Knickerbocker Classics, 2017) - ISBN: 9781631063312

Niccolò Machiavelli Quotes

For it must be noted, that men must either be caressed or else annihilated; they will revenge themselves for small injuries, but cannot do so for...

For it must be noted, that men must either be caressed or else annihilated; they will revenge themselves for small injuries, but cannot do so for...

For it must be noted, that men must either be caressed or else annihilated; they will revenge themselves for small injuries, but cannot do so for...

For it must be noted, that men must either be caressed or else annihilated; they will revenge themselves for small injuries, but cannot do so for...