Meaning of the spirit is strong, but the flesh is weak | Babel Free

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Synonym of the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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“It should be the peculiar pleasure of each district to attend to its own battle-fields, jealous of any outside aid, other than by voluntary contributions. But if there is not enough patriotism for this in the districts—if the Whig blood has been cooled by amalgamation, or though it still may run pure and the spirit is strong, but the flesh is weak—if from any of these causes the whole or a portion of the districts fail to carry out this measure, then the State should take the matter in hand and do what the districts had failed to do.”

“He made a good monk, however. Not that he is perfect. Of course, he would never go near a woman, but then, you know. . . . Oh, well, what can one do? The spirit is strong, but the flesh is weak.”

“The Most Significant Other travels on business from time to time, leaving me without adult supervision. The spirit is strong, but the flesh is weak and, by extension, so is the stomach. With red meat teasing and taunting at nearly every neighborhood eatery, what’s a one-time AAV meat addict supposed to do?”

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