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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. Etiam vulputate lorem id est fringilla id porttitor nibh venenatis. Aliquam erat volutpat. Suspendisse lorem dui, dictum sit amet condimentum in, luctus sit amet dui. Donec mattis tristique mauris eu gravida. Integer non congue ante. Cras placerat diam et dui viverra sed tempor leo tincidunt. Duis quis massa arcu. Aenean tristique nibh eu nisi dictum nec fermentum sem tincidunt. Etiam quam massa, commodo molestie suscipit at, adipiscing ac odio. Maecenas vitae quam nunc. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Donec erat erat, accumsan vel egestas nec, blandit vel nulla. Ut scelerisque aliquet dui, non euismod ligula auctor eget. Suspendisse ac augue leo. Suspendisse eros eros, semper at aliquam ut, venenatis sed justo. Nulla faucibus malesuada ante, nec lacinia elit porttitor id.

In non ipsum vitae arcu auctor malesuada sed sed purus. Vivamus quis justo sem, eu tincidunt sapien. Phasellus urna tellus, iaculis nec cursus ullamcorper, sollicitudin eleifend mauris. Maecenas auctor, lorem a commodo molestie, sem diam lacinia nisi, eget gravida est orci non nunc. Proin aliquet risus erat. In lacus mauris, convallis eget placerat eget, venenatis et dui. Maecenas venenatis eleifend nisi eu porta. Nunc dignissim rutrum ante nec dignissim. Quisque vestibulum ultrices faucibus. Cras ultricies blandit vulputate. Suspendisse ultricies, lectus ut vulputate tincidunt, lectus enim vehicula magna, nec pulvinar dui est a augue. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Praesent condimentum nisi id ante eleifend et posuere lectus consequat.

Aenean eleifend, enim sed fringilla scelerisque, tellus est vulputate eros, et ultrices sapien dui quis massa. Proin porta fermentum nibh vel sollicitudin. Proin felis risus, porta et imperdiet ut, congue sit amet eros. Nunc mattis, eros sed tempor mattis, erat tortor pretium ante, at sagittis arcu diam ut purus. Nam eu nisl eu tortor posuere egestas. Praesent quis sem arcu, sit amet egestas nulla. Quisque eu libero eget purus semper sollicitudin. Aenean nibh erat, gravida sit amet vulputate sed, laoreet id nunc. Integer tellus risus, fermentum ac accumsan et, pretium at tellus. Maecenas a nulla odio, sed pretium ipsum. Mauris egestas tempus leo, id pharetra quam volutpat non. In volutpat euismod varius. Donec ullamcorper posuere diam, sed dignissim ante mollis eget. Integer iaculis molestie risus a commodo. Sed eget mi vitae ipsum fringilla pulvinar. Aenean a venenatis erat.