Forget all that self-help nonsense. Those personal growth statements arriving unsolicited from the great and the good, the Aristotles, Nietzsches, Kings and Marcus Aurelius’ of this world – all happy to share their insufferably positive mindset.

Quotes about being a better you, overcoming life’s challenges, inspiring others, and finding forever love. Sentiments that rarely survive a Monday morning.

A fact that was not lost on a true master of indifference. A man in a toga, who strived daily to achieve a lacklustre ‘ordinary’ in everything he could be arsed to do. Mediocrates was his name, and this is the Mediocrates t-shirt.