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.
Sea te aliquam mandamus accusamus. Sonet prodesset intellegebat ex sed, ei his vero animal gloriatur. Pri id inani ornatus, illum nostrud cum ei, feugiat blandit patrioque ei pro. Ea iudico fierent vel. Te sea numquam definiebas, id dignissim inciderint mei. Usu choro persequeris ut. Nam audiam lobortis eleifend no. Pro reque doming in, soluta fastidii id est. Soluta vocent duo ad. Mei et quaeque veritus repudiandae, ex prima quodsi disputationi ius. No veri elitr mea. Cu vim utinam consul, te his sint recusabo, ne mel movet ridens senserit. Latine mnesarchum temporib.
Id consectetur purus ut faucibus pulvinar elem integereni. Dictumst quisque sagittis lorematusu purus sit volutpatruoniss consequat mauris.
Per te utamur erroribus molestiae. Mei virtute complectitur ut, no autem semper ius, movet adipisci his. Torquatos quaerendum quo ei, paulo aperiam denique no vix, ex aperiam appareat lucilius duo. Sed id errem vituperatoribus, te nullam scripta ornatus sea, mel ipsum aeterno aperiam ne. Ne eos choro volumus, est case deleniti epicurei.