Math Pessimism, Edited: As Good As My Classmate
A student's comparison to a classmate becomes a quote from young David Hilbert (who admired his classmate Minkowski).
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[Before] "I'm nowhere near as good at math as this one classmate of mine."
[After] "'I'm nowhere near as good at math as this one classmate of mine,' said young David Hilbert, before he became the most influential mathematician of his day."