Сердцу не прикажешь
With accent marks:
Се́рдцу не прика́жешь.
Translation:
You can't command to the heart.
Meaning:
It is impossible to command to yourself to love or stop loving someone.
Other Russian proverbs
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В чужой монастырь со своим уставом не ходят
Don't bring your set of rules in a foreign monastery
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Оne can not see the wood for the trees.
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Better late than never.
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Не так страшен чёрт, как его малюют
The demon is not as scary as he is depicted.
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С кем поведёшься, от того и наберёшься
With whom you are friends with, from them you will learn.
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Терпи, казак – атаманом станешь!
Be patient, Cossack - you will become an ataman!
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You can't help grief with tears.
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The morning is wiser than the evening.
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