---
title: "3 Growing Worse Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Growing Worse quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Growing Worse sayings and thoughts."
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> [The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better - it is just turning around as usual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/the-world-is-not-growing-worse-and-it-is-not-growing-better-it-is/)

[Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/finley-peter-dunne-8007_better_the-world-is-not-growing-worse-and-it-is_250572.jpg)

> [There are souls which, crab-like, crawl continually toward darkness, going back in life rather than advancing in it, using what experience they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/there-are-souls-which-crab-like-crawl-continually-toward-darkness/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/victor-hugo-32_becoming_there-are-souls-which-crab-like-crawl-co_1393499.jpg)

> [We can't quite decide if the world is growing worse, or if the reporters are just working harder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-can-t-quite-decide-if-the-world-is-growing-worse-or-if-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4f/anonymous-1_economy_we-can-t-quite-decide-if-the-world-is-gr_3121899.jpg)

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