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.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus turpis sapien, ultricies et consequat nec, maximus vel nisi. Suspendisse eget commodo arcu. Duis non laoreet metus. Nam iaculis nibh in nibh interdum, a tincidunt ligula aliquet. Nulla convallis, ligula sed volutpat commodo, dui dui semper eros, non gravida est mauris nec tortor. Nam maximus, ante et mollis scelerisque, felis elit consequat nisl, sit amet viverra nisi mauris et mi. In vitae risus ultricies, hendrerit felis feugiat, efficitur eros. Curabitur nec sollicitudin odio. Proin sed tellus risus. Proin et erat elementum, mattis nisi ut, placerat lacus.
Donec risus justo, iaculis egestas elementum sed, sodales eget nibh. Integer feugiat, nibh at sagittis mollis, massa felis semper ipsum, eu maximus nulla enim vitae velit. Vivamus feugiat felis facilisis malesuada feugiat. Aliquam interdum nibh libero, quis rhoncus odio volutpat ac. Integer et gravida nunc, a scelerisque quam. Aenean pharetra ullamcorper metus, et pulvinar justo interdum id. Vivamus enim nisl, sodales eget augue nec, cursus efficitur nisl. Sed sed condimentum dolor, vitae fermentum mi. Sed in blandit dui. Donec neque diam, condimentum eu scelerisque non, suscipit ut erat. Pellentesque vel congue sem. Curabitur blandit, lorem et facilisis imperdiet, eros lacus blandit tellus, sit amet faucibus diam nisl sed dolor. Vivamus non cursus ligula.
Sed id eros augue. Maecenas vehicula massa quis porta porttitor. Curabitur luctus orci eu velit porta aliquet. Etiam dignissim leo ipsum, vel accumsan libero dictum in. Sed ullamcorper viverra erat vel fringilla. Sed id est mi. Sed accumsan viverra malesuada. Vivamus sed purus est. Praesent consequat, neque a venenatis luctus, nibh metus porttitor nisl, vel vulputate massa ante sit amet sem. Sed blandit pharetra risus eu tristique. Duis metus ipsum, tincidunt ut sem sed, imperdiet feugiat urna. Nulla pretium eros augue, id sodales felis pellentesque sit amet.
