Mencius — "The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they shall be sincere,…"

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.
Mencius — Mencius Ancient · Confucian philosopher

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Mencius, Book 4, Part A, Chapter 17

Date: c. 4th-3rd century BCE

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