生酔い本性違わず
Meanings
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in wine there is truth; drunken words are sober thoughts
A proverb meaning that a person's true nature is revealed when they are drunk; alcohol does not change one's fundamental character.
He suddenly becomes kind when he's drunk. It's true that in wine there is truth.
As they say, drunken words are sober thoughts, so that must be what he really thinks.