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| heart wants what it wants (smblsl); I can't make you love me if you don't (youtube.com Mishonok); the heart wants what it wants (Hand Grenade); you can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink (you can lead/take a horse to water but you can't make him drink: you can give someone the opportunity to do something but you can't get him or her to do it if they don't want to. The woman took her children to the park but they were not interested in playing in the playground. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. ICC Alexander Demidov) | |||
| the heart has reasons that reason doesn't understand (He's married, but she loves him. Well, what can you do? The heart has reasons that reason doesn't understand (Michele Berdy)); the heart has a will of its own (The decision was tough because, as we know: the heart has a will of its own /(Michele Berdy)) | |||
| love cannot be forced (love does not obey orders); heart knows no law; you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink (The word the is frequently omitted from the proverb and lead substituted for take. 1970 J. MITFORD in Atlantic (1979) July 50 The dropout rate [for the course] must be close to 90 percent. I guess you can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink. OED Alexander Demidov); love cannot be forced (дословно: Силою любить не заставишь) | |||