Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.6.23

τὸν δὲ φθόνον παντάπασιν ἀφαιροῦσι, τὰ μὲν ἑαυτῶν ἀγαθὰ τοῖς φίλοις οἰκεῖα παρέχοντες, τὰ δὲ τῶν φίλων ἑαυτῶν νομίζοντες.

 

Good men sweep aside all envy: they share their good possessions with their friends and have their friends’ goods as their own.

 

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