Full Idea
Among neither the Socratic nor the Christian virtues does honesty appear: it is one of the youngest virtues, still quite immature. ...We can advance it or retard it, as we see fit.
Gist of Idea
Honesty is a new young virtue, and we can promote it, or not
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Dawn (Daybreak) [1881], 456)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Dawn (Daybreak) (v 5)', ed/tr. Smith, Brittain [Stanford 2011], p.233
A Reaction
I associate the virtue of honesty with the cult of sincerity of feelings which arose in the romantic movement.