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To lead a horticulture
QUOTE
"You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think." -Dorothy Parker
MEANING
Dorothy Parker's remark mimicks the following English proverb : "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink." Both proverbs mean the same : exposing someone to an idea or course of action does not necessarily mean that the idea or course of action will be followed adopted". In her remark Dorothy Parker transfers a rural adage to an urban and cultural environment by means of a pun on "horticulture"; homophonically equated with "whore-to-culture", the word "horticulture" has to be listened to with something different in mind than just flowers and plants.
USE
You can use the phrase as an analogy every time you intend to say that it is not possible to make people think or act in a definite way if they do not agree to think or act that way.
FOLLOW-UP
Here is another expression about horticulture :
phrase : "to have a green thumb"
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And while you are at it, here is a
dialogue in which "whore moan" 
is homophonically equated with
"hormone"
:
dialogue :
(Q) How do you make a hormone ?
(A) Kick her !
explanation:
"How do you make a hormone?" and "How do you make a whore ( putain) moan ?"(gémir, râler) se prononcent de la même façon,
et bien
sûr, le "Kick
her !" (Donne-lui
un coup de pied) est une version édulcorée de "Fuck her !"
(L'argot en VO)
