overtakes
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Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just doesn't catch up, it overtakes ... blotting out the future.
Overtakes whom gets, and stones whom doesn't.
Laziness goes so slowly that poverty overtakes it.
Though a lie be swift, truth overtakes it.