it's lonely at the top in English

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          "sense": "highly successful person will suffer from isolation",
          "word": "高處不勝寒"
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          "roman": "gāochù bùshèng hán",
          "sense": "highly successful person will suffer from isolation",
          "word": "高处不胜寒"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "highly successful person will suffer from isolation",
          "word": "huipulla on yksinäistä"
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          "roman": "yîng-sǔung-yîng-nǎao",
          "sense": "highly successful person will suffer from isolation",
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  "word": "it's lonely at the top"
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      "word": "高處不勝寒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gāochù bùshèng hán",
      "sense": "highly successful person will suffer from isolation",
      "word": "高处不胜寒"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "highly successful person will suffer from isolation",
      "word": "huipulla on yksinäistä"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
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"it's lonely at the top" meaning in English

Proverb