Confucius: Ji Wen Zi always thought three times before taking action

Ji Wen Zi always thought three times before taking action. When Confucius heard about this, he said, "Twice is quite enough."

   --Confucius (551-479 B.C.), Analects, Book 4, ch. 19.

論語. 里仁第四.【十九章】季文子三思而後行。子聞之曰、再、
斯可矣。