About This Quote
Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war. In this line, Shakespeare is saying that men are not as interested in wars as they are in other things. Men do not have the same passion for war as they do for other things. Men do not have the same passion for sleep as they do for singing and dancing.
They may be happy to do all of these things, but they would rather be doing something else instead. This quote also gives a reason why a number of men often leave a war before it even starts. They have a better life waiting for them back home waiting for them to come back.
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