8 Quotes & Sayings By Arnold Toynbee

The first published English-language biography of Arnold Toynbee, the greatest historian of the 20th century, whose forty-year career saw him rise to the top of his field.

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We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domestic plants and animals but rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves. Arnold Toynbee
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We are in the first age since the dawn of civilization in which people have dared to think it practicable to make the benefits of civilization available to the whole human race. Arnold Toynbee
3
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization. Arnold Toynbee
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Civilization is a movement - not a condition a voyage - not a harbour. Arnold Toynbee
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Civilization is a movement and not a condition a voyage and not a harbor. Arnold Toynbee
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The history of almost every civilization furnishes examples of geographical expansion coinciding with deterioration in quality. Arnold Toynbee
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The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. Arnold Toynbee