Dhammapada · 18.17

Natthi rāgasamo aggi, natthi dosasamo gaho;Natthi mohasamaṃ jālaṃ, natthi taṇhāsamā nadī.

Natthi ragasamo aggi, natthi dosasamo gaho; Natthi mohasamam jalam, natthi tanhasama nadi.

There is no fire like lust; there is no grip like hatred. There is no net like delusion; there is no river like craving.

— Dhammapada 18.17

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.