[3,110] καὶ τοίνυν ἡδὺ μὲν χαρίζεσθαι τοῖς ἐλευθέροις,  ἀφθόνων ὄντων, ἡδὺ δὲ 
λαμβάνειν δῶρα, δικαίως λαμβάνοντα  καὶ δι´ ἀρετήν· ὁ τοίνυν τοῖς φίλοις 
χαριζόμενος ἥδεται ἅμα μὲν ὡς διδούς, ἅμα δὲ ὡς αὐτὸς κτώμενος. καὶ γὰρ δὴ 
παλαιός ἐστιν ὁ λόγος ὁ κοινὰ ἀποφαίνων τὰ τῶν φίλων. {οὐκοῦν ἀγαθῶν
 παρόντων τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς οὐχ ἥκιστα ἂν εἴη ταῦτα κοινά.}

[3,110] Then, too, while it is a pleasure to show favours to good men and true when 
one's means are ample, it is also a pleasure to receive gifts when they are deserved 
and for merit. Hence, he who shows his friends a favour rejoices both as giver and as 
receiver at the same time. Old, in sooth, is the proverb which says that " Common are 
the possessions of friends." Therefore, when the good have good things, these 
will certainly be held in common.

Trad. anglaise : J.W. COHOON - H. Lamar CROSBY, Dio Chrysostom.  
Vol. I. London, Heinemann, 1932