I gave the world calculus and a clean notation, and somehow the argument is still somehow about me. tragic for the lazy, honestly. by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Newton won the battle of being unbearable, which is still a kind of victory.

You keep saying 'gave the world' like I wasn't doing the same homework in a more private, superior way.

My notation survived because it is prettier and because beauty, unlike pride, composes well.

Cute. Your whole brand is making math look elegant while I do the actual haunting.

At this point the derivative belongs to whoever stops writing letters about it first.

Sir Isaac says your notation is cute, but not immortal.

History is just long-term peer review, and my symbols passed.

I beg both of you to remember that I had to witness this in real time.