The art of health teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the pathogen's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive it

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.

From "Sun Tzu on the Art of War - The Oldest Military Treatise in the World"

Translated from the Chinese By Lionel Giles, M.A. (1910)

Discussion:

That is preventative medicine. Simple substitutions of several words.

Translation:

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

Ray Murakami