Any excuse will serve a tyrant. Aesop
Love is a tyrant sparing none. Pierre Corneille
How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! Samuel Adams
Fashion is a tyrant from which there is no deliverance; all must conform to its whimsical. French Proverb
Custom is a tyrant. Traditional Proverb
Any excuse will serve a tyrant. American Proverb