the highest branch is not the safest roost

English

Proverb

the highest branch is not the safest roost

  1. A coveted position of power does not guarantee safety to the holder.
    • 1980, Manohar Lal Kapur, History of Jammu and Kashmir State: The making of the State, page 109:
      […] the highest branch is not the safest roost. So the danger to the Dogras' position also was now the greatest.

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