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насильно мил не будешьstresses
gen. you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink (чаще: you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink); you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink (anadyakov)
Gruzovik, proverb love can neither be bought nor sold; love cannot be ordered
idiom. love can't be forced (Yeldar Azanbayev); love can not be forced (Yeldar Azanbayev); love cannot be bought
proverb love cannot be forced (it is no use forcing your favours on anybody or trying to force a person to like you); love cannot be compelled (it is no use forcing your favours on anybody or trying to force a person to like you); fanned fires and forced love never did well yet; love cannot be forced (дословно: Силою любить не заставишь); you may lead a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink; you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink
Насильно мил не будешь
gen. there is no winning love by force (Источник – перевод романа Ф. М. Достоевского "Подросток")
saying. you can't win love by force (буквально Leonid Dzhepko)