I tend to go with the phrase: "Jack of all trades, master of none".
As Wikipedia puts it, the phrase "is a figure of speech used in reference to a person that is competent with many skills, but spends too much time learning each new skill that he/she can not become a master in any particular one."
Realistically, a normal person can have more than one skill. They can also be exceptional at more than one skill. Such as a painter who also has the voice of an angel.
But you usually cannot be a master of everything, let alone more than a couple things, unless you've lived a lengthy life that would have the time to master more than a few arts.
So using someone else's example; if your character is 16 years old and taking up several different skills, where would they have the time to master any of them, compared to someone in their 40's or 50's or even 60's?
As Wikipedia puts it, the phrase "is a figure of speech used in reference to a person that is competent with many skills, but spends too much time learning each new skill that he/she can not become a master in any particular one."
Realistically, a normal person can have more than one skill. They can also be exceptional at more than one skill. Such as a painter who also has the voice of an angel.
But you usually cannot be a master of everything, let alone more than a couple things, unless you've lived a lengthy life that would have the time to master more than a few arts.
So using someone else's example; if your character is 16 years old and taking up several different skills, where would they have the time to master any of them, compared to someone in their 40's or 50's or even 60's?
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