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

I'm just as prone to the weakness of the flesh as the rest of you.

From Planet of the Damned by Harrison, Harry

But that I have often found a difficult matter, partly on account of the weakness of the flesh, and partly, also, on account of bodily infirmities and multiplicity of engagements.

From The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller by Wayland, H. L. (Heman Lincoln)

But this I always thought of as a weakness of the flesh and even culpable; my mind remaining steady and quite bent against him.

From Master of Ballantrae by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Marriage was viewed in its lowest form, more as a concession to the weakness of the flesh than as a desirable state for all men and women.

From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman