weakness of the flesh
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"It used to be called 'Monk's disease,' coming from the effort to measure up to a great task against the weakness of the flesh," Quinn said.
From Time Magazine Archive
Indeed for many years before I quit preaching I preached under a great weakness of the flesh.
From Autobiography of Z. S. Hastings by Hastings, Z. S.
The annoyances of the day, the seductions of fresh impressions of newer subjects, the weakness of the flesh do not deter him.
From Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914 by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
He recognized indeed that it was only a weakness of the flesh; yet he craved their friendship's help, and repeatedly asked them to watch with him, for his soul was exceeding sorrowful.
From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rhees, Rush
A contempt for the lesser degrees possessed him, for a flawed or clumsy forging, for weakness of the flesh, the fatality of easy surrender.
From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph
