There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
... can life be made undignified by any act of man?
Nobody can afford to appear more pleasant than they really are!
A desire that has never been fulfilled is considerably less acute than one that has been fulfilled and then checked at the source.
Feelings change facts.
if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.