You can lead a horse to water rectangular sticker

Vintage style illustration of the proverb: You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. Originating in 12th-century, this saying indicates the knowledge on the limits of influence. It has power equivalents in different languages, proving that people learned this wisdom in different places, on their own experience. Evolution of the proverb during centuries: Hwa is thet mei thet hors wettrien the him self nule drinken. A man maie well bring a horse to the water, But he can not make him drinke without he will. They can but bringe horse to the water brinke, But horse may choose whether that horse will drinke.