ثمة رذيلة واحدة تُوجد في الحياة بملامح قوية وألوان فاقعة كما يحتاج إليها أي هاجٍ أو كوميدي، وهي الشُّحّ.

“There is only one vice, which may be found in life with as strong features, and as high a colouring as needs be employed by any satyrist or comic poet; and that is AVARICE.”David Hume — Delphi Complete Works of David Hume (Illustrated) (2016)