Fallen, Yet Prayerful

“Man has upon him his flesh, which is at once his burden and his temptation. He drags it with him and yields to it. He must watch it, check it, repress it, and obey it only at the last extremity. There may be some fault even in this obedience; but the fault thus committed is venial [excusable]; it is a fall, but a fall on the knees which may terminate in prayer.”
Victor Hugo, from Les Misérables