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> # A life which does not go into action is a failure.

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## More from Arnold Joseph Toynbee

1. > A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

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2. > America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.

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3. > The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the outstanding achievements of Islam, and in the contemporary world there is, as it happens,…

[Permalink to quote \#4](https://quotesby.net/Arnold-Joseph-Toynbee/4/ "Permalink to quote 4")

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