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Proverb

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Submitter comment:

I heard this in my home as a child in Ferndale, MI

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Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DRINK ; HORSE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WATER

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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