The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they shall be sincere, nor of his actions that they shall be resolute; he simply speaks and acts as he finds it right.
Confucian philosopher
Mencius, Book 4, Part A, Chapter 17
c. 4th-3rd century BCE
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