therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to…

Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Any harm you do to a man should be done in such a way that you need not fear his revenge.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It is exactly the fear of revenge that motivates the deepest crimes, from the killing of the enemy's children lest they grow up to…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Concerning this, it should be noted that men must be either caressed or wiped out; because they will avenge minor injuries, but cannot do…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“And let it here be noted that men are either to be kindly treated, or utterly crushed, since they can revenge lighter injuries, but…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

The injury that we do to a man must be such that we need not fear his vengeance

— Steve Perry

“Men are either to be kindly treated, or utterly crushed, since they can revenge lighter injuries, but not graver. Wherefore the injury we do…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

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

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“Any injury we do to a man must be such that we need not fear his vengeance.”

— Machiavelli, Niccolo

It is a common thing to screw up justice to the pitch of an injury. A man may be over-righteous, and why not over-grateful,…

— Seneca the Younger

Give up salt, give up sugar, give up spices, give up vegetables, give up chutnies, give up tamarind. Serve Bhangis, serve rogues, serve inferiors,…

— Sivananda

Anger is uneasiness or discomposure of the mind upon the receipt of any injury, with a present purpose of revenge

— John Locke

A readiness to resent injuries is a virtue only in those who are slow to injure.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

A dead body revenges not injuries.

— William Blake

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

— Marcus Aurelius