“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。”
— Sun Tzu
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- Wikiquote: Sun Tzu
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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.
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Tzu, Sun. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Sun Tzu. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sun_Tzu
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