Plutarch's Morals

"Unless the foundation of a house be well laid, the descendants must of necessity be unfortunate."

若一座房子的根基没有打好，其子孙后代必然不幸。

"It makes a man even of noble spirit servile, when he is conscious of the ill fame of either his father or mother."

一个人即使本性高尚，若自觉父母声名狼藉，也会变得卑屈。