Waxing philosophical (waxing possibly originating from the German word wachsen (to grow)) about water, I first thought of this one *pointing upwards*. The full proverb reads like this: You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. Meaning People, like horses, will only do what they have a mind to do. Origin This proverb might be thought to encapsulate the English-speaking people's...

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