Machiavelli — "Injuries ought to be done all at one time, so that, being tasted less, they offe…"

Injuries ought to be done all at one time, so that, being tasted less, they offend less; benefits ought to be given little by little, so that the flavor of them may last longer.
Machiavelli — Machiavelli Early Modern · The Prince, political philosophy

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The Prince, Chapter VIII: Concerning Those Who Have Obtained a Principality by Wickedness

Date: 1532

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