When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same… — Socrates
When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.
In the original Greek
ἔπειτα ἐν τοῖς πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, ὅταν τέ τινες εἰσφοραὶ ὦσιν, ὁ μὲν δίκαιος ἀπὸ τῶν ἴσων πλέον εἰσφέρει, ὁ δ᾽ ἔλαττον, ὅταν τε λήψεις,
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Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.
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Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.