Sertac.

“What is it about humans that make us so prone to prejudice?”
Blue arches one of his unnaturally colored eyebrows and looks up to meet my gaze. “If we didn’t form prejudices, we wouldn’t be learning from our environment, you dolt. It’s an animal instinct. If a porcupine’s quill gets stuck in your hand once, you won’t be likely to go grabbing it again soon, right?”
― Rhi Etzweiler, Blacker than Black

“So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but on someone else's.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“What can I say about life? Do I praise it for letting you live, or damn it for allowing the rest?”
― Janet Fitch, White Oleander

“Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.”
― Anne Bradstreet