The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.

故用兵之法,無恃其不來,恃吾有以待之;無恃其不攻,恃吾有所不可攻也。

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