There is a case and a strong case for that particular form of indolence that allows us to move through life knowing only what immediately concerns us.
We are under the spell always of what is distant from us. It is not in our nature to desire passionately what is near at hand.
A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.