Most of the text is made from sections 1.10.32-3 of Cicero’s book “On the Edge of Good and Evil” (“De finibus bonorum et malorum”). Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit is the first known version of mankind (“There is no other one who loves sorrow, because this is grief and therefore wants to get it”). The find is attributed to Richard McClintock, a philologist, head of publications at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia; he sought the “citings consectetur” in classical Latin literature, a term that is remarkably rare in that literary text.

Version of Cicero Liber Primus (First Book), sections 1.10.32-3 (fragments added to most of Lorem ipsum in red):

[32] Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo inventor veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem, quia voluptas sit, aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos, qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt, neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci [ng] velit, sed quia non numquam [do] eius modi tempora inci [di] dunt, ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercisingem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit, qui in ea voluptate velit esse, quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum, qui dolorem eum fugiat, quo voluptas nulla pariatur?