Full Idea
Designation of moral values was everywhere first applied to human beings, and only later and derivatively to actions.
Gist of Idea
Morality originally judged people, and actions only later on
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Beyond Good and Evil [1886], §260)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Beyond Good and Evil', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1973], p.176
A Reaction
Nietzsche was a great expert on ethics in the ancient world, so you should trust him on this one. In ordinary life assessment of people is what counts. Actions are for law courts.