译文：一个家族的衰败没落，多半是因为子孙们的骄傲懒惰所致；社会风气的败坏，多是因为富贵者的奢华淫靡所致。赏析：一个家族要想兴旺发达，必然有良好的家风传承，子孙门的骄奢淫逸只会让家族走向没落。

未来属于那些今天种树的人。

The true measure of a mining company's success is its ability to leave a positive legacy for future generations.

农业的可持续性不是一种选择，而是对后代子孙的必要责任。

The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and love. In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally flags of hope and of emulation.