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by idontknowifican 943 days ago
please complete the saying:

jack of all trades and master of none, much better than a master of one

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That's an awfully new "saying" though -- somebody only came up with it in 2007:

https://english.stackexchange.com/a/508907

Whereas the "master of none" part goes back to 1732 in meaning, and 1785 in exact wording.

It's just some people recently trying to falsely invent a notion that "jack of all trades, master of none" is "really" supposed to be something positive. It's not.

Saying master of none precludes the possibility of it being good at anything. :/
A master of one is better than a master of none. 1 > 0