One of the saddest things is 
that the only thing a man can do 
for eight hours a day, 
day after day, is work. 
you can’t eat eight hours a day 
nor drink for eight hours a day 
nor make love for eight hours — 
all you can do for eight hours is work. 
which is the reason why man makes 
himself and everybody else 
so miserable and unhappy.
*
william faulkner 1947