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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.

      — Troilus and Cressida, Act III Scene 2

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KEYWORD: motive

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King John
[III, 1]

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Now shall I see thy love: what motive may
Be stronger with thee than the name of wife?

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