Dhammapada · 24.14

Ye rāgarattānupatanti sotaṃ, sayaṃkataṃ makkaṭakova jālaṃ;Etampi chetvāna vajanti dhīrā, anapekkhino sabbadukkhaṃ pahāya.

Ye ragarattanupatanti sotam, sayamkatam makkatakova jalam; Etampi chetvana vajanti dhira, anapekkhino sabbadukkham pahaya.

Those inflamed by passion fall into the stream, like a spider into the web it has made itself. Having cut even this, the wise go forth, free of longing, having abandoned all suffering.

— Dhammapada 24.14

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.