Confucius. Book 2, Chapter 13.
Book 2, Wei Chang

Tsze-kung asked what constituted the superior man. The Master said, "He acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions."

Text source: Lun Yu, The Confucian Analects. Translated by James Legge.

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