Dhammapada

Piyavagga ⧸ Gāthā 216

Taṇhāya jāyatī soko taṇhāya jāyatī bhayaṃ
Taṇhāya vippamuttassa natthi soko kuto bhayaṃ

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Pleasure ⧸ Verse 216

From greed comes grief, from greed comes fear; he who is free from greed knows neither grief nor fear.
English translation by Max Müller, from The Sacred Books of the East (1881).

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