楽らくして楽らく知しらず

Meanings

1

he who has never toiled does not know what it is to enjoy repose

Proverb meaning that without experiencing hardship, one cannot truly appreciate comfort or ease.

若わかい頃ころに苦く労ろうしたからこそ、今いまの幸しあわせを感かんじられる。まさに楽らくして楽らく知しらずだ。
It's because I struggled when I was young that I can feel happiness now. Truly, he who has never toiled does not know what it is to enjoy repose.