The anger of a good man lasts an instant, that of a meddler two hours, that of a base man a day and a night, that of a great sinner until death.
But Mr Brown, an arch meddler, is wrong to suggest that the government can or should make it all better.
The anger of a good man lasts and instant, that of a meddler two hours, that of a base man a day and a night;
