Dhammapada · 24.16

Vitakkamathitassa jantuno, tibbarāgassa subhānupassino;Bhiyyo taṇhā pavaḍḍhati, esa kho daḷhaṃ karoti bandhanaṃ.

Vitakkamathitassa jantuno, tibbaragassa subhanupassino; Bhiyyo tanha pavaddhati, esa kho dalham karoti bandhanam.

For one beset by thinking, with sharp lust, who gazes at the agreeable — craving grows greater; that one tightens his bond.

— Dhammapada 24.16

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.