請幫忙翻譯成中文, 謝謝.

To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled -- because a right is a kind of power but they are too lazy or too cowardly to exercise it. The virtues which cloak these faults are called patience and forbearance.

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To exercise power ：爭取權利的訴求（？）

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爭取權利需要勇氣和努力，這就是為什麽人們即便有權利也不去爭取。因為權力是一種人們太懶於運用和怯懦於行使能力，他們用所謂的耐心和忍耐去掩蓋他們的軟弱。

（也許不太準確。）