If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe ...

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.

Niccolò Machiavelli

The Prince (1513), Chapter III

Niccolò Machiavelli Quotes

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.