All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve …

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All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more than the perfection of ten, and discharging less than the tenth part of one. ✨ William Shakespeare (1833). The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, p.587
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All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more than the perfection of ten, and discharging less than the tenth part of one. ✨ William Shakespeare (1833). The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, p.587

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