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English
Etymology
From Henry IV, Part 2.
Proverb
uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
- A person of high rank or status has more problems than those of lower rank.
1914, Upton Sinclair, Sylvia's Marriage: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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c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 85, column 2:Then happy Lowe lye downe, / Vneaſie lyes the Head, that weares a Crowne.