That time spent in joy andpleasure, passes unnoticed and very quickly, everyone knows. But the waiting or hard work, on the contrary, stretch endlessly, and it seems that there will never be an end to them. This idea was written by writers, prose writers and poets in different ways and many times. Scientists also have their opinions on this issue.
The German poet Johann Schiller was one of thosesaid: "Happy hours are not watching." He expressed his thought, however, somewhat differently. In the drama "Piccolomini", written by him in 1800, there is a phrase that freely translates as: "For those who are happy, the hours of the clock are not audible."
“Stop, moment, you are beautiful!"- in these lines of Goethe one can hear the regret that everything good in life passes too quickly, and at the same time a passionate desire is expressed to extend the temporary boundaries of this joyful state.
What did the one who said:"Happy hours are not watching"? The elusiveness of happiness, the impossibility of feeling it instantly, and only the subsequent understanding of it always worried both philosophers and ordinary people who reflect on life. “Happiness is what once was,” so many people think. “I remember, and I understand that it was then that I was happy,” others say. And everyone agrees that “it is good, but not enough ...”
On the question of who said: "Happy hours are not watching," there is a definite answer. This is Griboyedovskaya Sofia from the comedy “Woe from Wit”, which was released in 1824.
In modern Russian there are manyproverbs and sayings borrowed from literary works. They are so widespread that their use has long been indicative of reading. Not everyone who says the words “to serve would be glad, to be nauseated at ease,” certainly read the immortal comedy and knows what Chatsky said. The same applies to the expression "happy hours are not observed." Griboedov wrote aphoristically, he became the author of many catch phrases. Only four words, one of which is a preposition, convey a deep philosophical thought. For everyone who understands the literature, it is clear that the ability to convey in a concise manner a complex picture of life is a sign of high art, and sometimes the genius of the author.
Alexander Sergeevich Griboedov was versatilegifted person. Poet, composer and diplomat, he died under tragic circumstances, defending the interests of the motherland. He was only 34 years old. The poem “Woe from Wit” and the Griboedov Waltz forever entered the treasury of Russian culture.
Scientists also didn’tall the same One of those who said: “Happy hours are not observed,” was none other than Albert Einstein. He generally believed that if a researcher cannot explain the essence of his work to a five-year-old child in five minutes, then he can safely be called a charlatan. When a correspondent who did not understand physics, asked Einstein about what “relativity of time” means, he found a figurative example. If a young man talks to a girl dear to his heart, then even many hours will seem to him in a flash. But if the same young man is seated on a hot frying pan, then every second will be equal to a century for him. The author of the theory of relativity gave this interpretation of the phrase “happy hours are not observed”.
