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234 AESOP WITHOUT MORALS
possible, to check them, to calm him, to quiet him as much as may be,
and to show him wisdom. He responds favorably to this kind of minis-
tration.

https://annas-archive.org/md5/28696fecb04bb7a0e10f5f6c3fb03431

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w cover, with new ISBN, published in 2008; contents of book unchanged.

AESOP WITHOUT MORALS: THE FAMOUS FABLES, AND A LIFE OF AESOP
New York, T. Yoseloff, New York, NY, New York State, 1961
newly translated and edited by Lloyd W. Daly; illustrated by Grace Muscarella

430
THE CREATION OF MAN
This is another story Aesop tells. When Prometheus fashioned man,
he did not mould the clay with water but with tears. One ought not,
therefore, try to eradicate tears—that would be impossible—bu

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http://www.mythfolklore.net/aesopica/oxford/516.htm

Aesop's Fables, translated by Laura Gibbs (2002)

516. PROMETHEUS AND THE TEARS
Perry 430 (Themistius, Orations 32)

This is also something that Aesop said. The clay which Prometheus used when he fashioned man was not mixed with water but with tears. Therefore, one should not try to dispense entirely with tears, since they are inevitable.
Source: Aesop's Fables. A new translation by Laura Gibbs. Oxford University Press (World's Classics): Oxford, 2002.
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