The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do. -Henry David Thoreau
尽管人生道路上到处都是失败和挫折，它夺走了人的青春，却给人生的前景增添了一份尊严，这是任何一帆风顺的成功都不能做到的。 --梭罗

• dignity [´digniti] n.尊严，尊贵；高官显贵 (初中英语单词)
• prospect [´prɔspekt, prəs´pekt] n.景色；境界 v.勘察 (初中英语单词)