I just checked the origin of this "Jack of all Trades" saying and found some intriguing evolution of the term.
16th Century: Johannes factotum (it's in Latin)
17th Century: First use of the English version found in a book.
18th Century: "Master of none" got added.
21st Century: "though oftentimes better than master of one" (or variants thereof) added as a couplet.
Source: Wikipedia.
I also found memes falsy attributed the newly evolved couplet to the original quoter Giovanni Florio (1552–1625)
The original saying was more or less neutral. Then it became negative. Then it becomes a positive. Ahh. The power of words.
16th Century: Johannes factotum (it's in Latin)
17th Century: First use of the English version found in a book.
18th Century: "Master of none" got added.
21st Century: "though oftentimes better than master of one" (or variants thereof) added as a couplet.
Source: Wikipedia.
I also found memes falsy attributed the newly evolved couplet to the original quoter Giovanni Florio (1552–1625)
The original saying was more or less neutral. Then it became negative. Then it becomes a positive. Ahh. The power of words.