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title: "1 Transit Unpopular Quotes By William Lamb Melbourne"
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> [It is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lamb-melbourne/it-is-safest-to-take-the-unpopular-side-in-the-first-instance-transit/)

William Lamb Melbourne

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## More by William Lamb Melbourne

> [What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lamb-melbourne/what-i-want-is-men-who-will-support-me-when-i-am-in-the-wrong/)

William Lamb Melbourne

> [It is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular is easy... but from the popular to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lamb-melbourne/it-is-safest-to-take-the-unpopular-side-in-the-first-instance-transit/)

William Lamb Melbourne

> [Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lamb-melbourne/neither-man-nor-woman-can-be-worth-anything-until-they-have-3/)

William Lamb Melbourne

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