Belief in progress is a doctrine of the slothful, a doctrine of the
Belgians. It is the individual who relies on his neighbors to tend
to his affairs. There can be no progress (true, that is, moral) save
in the individual and by the individual himself. But the world is
composed of folks who can think only in common, in bands. Thus the
Belgian societies. There are also folks who can amuse themselves only
in droves. The true hero finds his pleasure alone.
Eternal superiority of the dandy. What is the dandy?