character

　　emotion

　　foreigner

　　failure

　　honorable

　　in particular

　　tend to do

　　share…with…

　　be fond of

　　no less…than

　　1.It object is the ability to laugh at oneself —at one‘s own faults， one’s own failure， even at one‘s own ideals

　　2.To those who are fond of flowery expressions， the Englishman may appear uncomfortably cold