Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.
The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.
Miaaion Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis sit amet scelerisque tortor. Maecenas dui turpis, faucibus vel iaculis at, auctor non sapien. Donec dignissim nisl id posuere pulvinar. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Duis facilisis sem quis elit aliquet tempus. Vivamus dapibus commodo dolor in gravida. Nunc suscipit euismod nibh a auctor. Nullam placerat mi quis ligula fermentum, vel dignissim mauris venenatis. Nunc sollicitudin velit velit, eu tincidunt sapien semper non. Curabitur quis sapien eget magna luctus tincidunt eu eu neque. Morbi dapibus pulvinar sem, non lobortis orci consectetur semper. Aenean eget leo sit amet turpis efficitur aliquam. Aenean purus leo, lacinia ac metus vitae, auctor finibus erat. Donec sollicitudin sagittis libero. Vivamus ut auctor magna. Mauris vehicula lectus neque, non viverra neque faucibus et.
