The Serpent and the File 
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A Serpent in the course of its wanderings came into an armourer's shop. As he glided over the floor he felt his skin pricked by a file lying there. In a rage he turned round upon it and tried to dart his fangs into it; but he could do no harm to heavy iron and had soon to give over his wrath.

It is useless attacking the insensible.

The Serpent and the File Fable 
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Aesop Author of the Fable
The Serpent and the File

Nationality - Ethiopian 
Lifespan - Lived approximately 620 - 560 BC
Career - Aesop - Slave - Author 
Famous Works - Aesop's Fable compendium featuring:
 "The Goose With the Golden Eggs",  "The Fisher", 
"The Fox and the Mask" and "The Serpent and the File"

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