上戸は毒を知らず、下戸は薬を知らず

Reading
じょうごはどくをしらず、げこはくすりをしらず
English
① The drunks don't realize how bad it is, but the straight don't realize how good it is ② Alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all life's problems
Notes
Drinkers上戸 don't know知 it's poison毒, non-drinkers下戸 don't know知 it's medicine薬
Origin
文化
proverbsKotoKen 2