Hoc autem ideo assequi potuit, quod levitatem agnoscens commotioris ingenii sui, praefectis proximisque permittebat, ut fidenter impetus suos aliorsum tendentes atque decebat, monitu opportuno frenarent; monstrabatque subinde se dolere delictis et gaudere correctione.
Now this he was able to accomplish for the reason that, recognising the hastiness of his somewhat excitable disposition, he allowed his prefects and associates freely to curb his impulses, when they led him away from what was fitting, by a timely admonition; and at times he showed that he regretted his errors and was glad to be corrected.
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