Personal relationships with Severi, however complicated in appearance, were always reducible to two basically simple situations: either he had just taken offence or else he was in the process of giving it - and quite often genuinely unaware that he was doing so. Paradoxically, endowed as he was with even more wit than most of his fellow Tuscans, he showed a childlike incapacity either for self-criticism or for cool judgement.
Personal na relasyon sa Severi, subalit kumplikado sa hitsura, ay palaging maaaring bawasan sa dalawang basically simpleng sitwasyon: alinman niya lang kinuha sa damdamin o iba siya sa proseso ng pagbibigay sa ito - at lubos na madalas ay tunay nakalimot na siya ay gawin ito. Paradoxically, endowed na siya ay may mas maraming taong mapagbiro kaysa sa karamihan ng kanyang kapwa Tuscans, siya ay nagpakita ng pagkawalang-kaya malay para sa alinman sa pagpula sa sarili o para sa mga cool na paghuhusga.