uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

Proverb

A person of high rank or status has more problems than those of lower rank.

Japanese Meaning

高い地位にある者は、重責や苦労のため心が安らかでない。 / 権力者はその責任ゆえに多くの悩みや問題を抱える。 / 高い立場の人は、地位に伴う煩わしさや苦労から心が落ち着かない。

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高い地位にある人は、地位の低い人よりも悩みや問題が多い。

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A person of high rank or status has more problems than those of lower rank.

Such terrors as these were unguessed by me in the days of my obscurity. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, uneasy also, lies the wife of that head, and the best friend of the wife. I dismissed my stenographer, and spent ten or fifteen restless minutes until Sylvia appeared.

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