I wish you would bear with me [while I indulge] in a little foolishness; but indeed you are bearing with me [as you read this].
But what I am doing I will keep doing, [for I am determined to keep this independence] in order to cut off the claim of those who want an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things they brag about.
I repeat then, let no one think that I am foolish; but even if you do, at least accept me as foolish, so that I too may boast a little.
But in whatever anyone else dares to boast—I am speaking foolishly—I also dare to boast.
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that reveal my weakness [the things by which I am made weak in the eyes of my opponents].
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