to allow oneself

Maybe in this life, it is easy to allow oneself to be tormented.
Admettre qu’on peut être tourmenté dans cette vie semble chose facile.
Certainly, it is easy to allow oneself to be frightened by the relative size of the countries concerned.
Certes, il est facile de prendre un air effrayé au vu de la taille relative des pays concernés.
And not only is it easy to allow oneself to be tormented, to be tortured, but to actually get used to it.
Non seulement on accepte aisément le fait d’être tourmenté, torturé, mais on peut tout à fait s’y habituer.
In the same way it is unwise to allow oneself to be swayed by emotions and to evaluate war in sentimental or moralistic terms.
De même, il n’est pas très sage de se laisser dominer par les émotions et d’évaluer la guerre en termes moraux ou sentimentaux.
Lastly, part of the process of reconciliation is also the readiness to do penance, the willingness to suffer deeply for one's sin and to allow oneself to be transformed.
Et enfin, la disponibilité à la pénitence, la disponibilité à souffrir jusqu'au bout pour une faute et à se laisser transformer, appartient au processus de réconciliation.
It is social chauvinism to rely on one or the other imperialist, on one or the other corporation in the issue of peace, environment or jobs, or even to allow oneself to be used by them.
C’est du social chauvinisme de se fier à l’un ou l’autre impérialiste, à l’un ou l’autre groupe capitaliste ou même de se laisser manipuler par eux au sujet de la paix, de l'environnement ou des emplois.
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