I have not looked at the newspaper. Generally I leave it till I came back tired from my walk; it amuses me then to see what the noisy world is doing, what new self-torments men have discovered, what new forms of vain toil, what new occasions of peril and of  strife. I grudge to give the first freshness of the morning mind to things so sad and foolish.

我还没有阅读报纸。通常，我会将它留到散步疲倦归来后再读。这样才是一种消遣:看看这个喧闹的世界在做什么，看看人类又发明了什么自我折磨的新花样，看看有什么新形式的无用功，看看有什么新的危险和冲突场面。我可不想将清晨最为清醒的头脑，用来阅读这样一些愚蠢和令人不快的东西。