English
Proverb
the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
- For much as one wishes to achieve something, the frailties of the human body often make it impossible.
Translations
achieving something is made impossible by frailty
- Arabic: الروح تواقَة ولكن الجسد ضعيف
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 心有餘而力不足, 心有余而力不足 (zh) (xīn yǒu yú ér lì bù zú)
- Czech:
- Dutch: de geest is gewillig, maar het vlees is zwak
- Finnish: henki on altis, mutta liha on heikko
- French: l'esprit est prompt, mais la chair est faible
- German: der Geist ist willig, aber das Fleisch ist schwach (de)
- Hungarian: a lélek kész, de a test erőtlen (hu)
- Italian: lo spirito è pronto, ma la carne è stanca
- Japanese: 心熱けれど肉体は弱し。 (kokoro atsu keredo nikutai wa yowashi)
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