The fact that the time spent in joy andpleasure, passes imperceptibly and very quickly, everyone knows. But the painful expectation or difficult work, on the contrary, lasts endlessly, and it seems that there will never be an end to it. This idea writers, prose writers and poets have formulated differently and repeatedly. Scientists also have their opinions on this issue.
Poets about time
The German poet Johann Schiller was one of those whosaid: "Happy hours are not watching." He expressed his opinion, however, somewhat differently. In the drama "Piccolomini", written by him in 1800, there is a phrase that in the free translation sounds like: "For those who are happy, the clock can not be heard."
"Stop, moment, you are beautiful!"- these lines of Goethe regret that all the good things in life go too fast, and at the same time expresses a passionate desire to extend the time limits of this joyful state.
What did the one who said:"Happy hours are not watched"? The elusiveness of happiness, the inability to feel it instantly, and only the subsequent understanding of it always excited both philosophers and ordinary people thinking about life. "Happiness is something that once was," - so many think. "I remember, and I understand that it was then that I was happy," others say. And everyone agrees that "it's good, but not enough ..."
Griboyedov and his aphorisms
When asked about who said: "Happy hours are not being watched", there is a definite answer. This Griboyedov Sofia from the comedy "Woe from Wit", which was published in 1824.
In modern Russian there are manyproverbs and sayings borrowed from literary works. They are so widespread that their use for a long time does not indicate readability. Not everyone who says the words "would be glad to serve, to be nauseated", certainly read an immortal comedy and knows what Chatsky said. The same applies to the expression "happy hours are not observed." Griboyedov wrote aphoristically, he became the author of many winged phrases. Only four words, one of which is an excuse, convey a deep philosophical thought. For everyone who understands the literature, it is clear that the ability to give a complex picture of being in a laconic form is a sign of high art, and sometimes the genius of the author.
Alexander Sergeevich Griboyedov was versatilegifted person. The poet, composer and diplomat, he died in tragic circumstances, defending the interests of his homeland. He was only 34 years old. The poem "Woe from Wit" and Griboyedovsk Waltz forever entered the treasury of Russian culture.
Einstein, love, watch and frying pan
Scientists also did notit does not matter. One of those who said: "Happy hours are not watching," was none other than Albert Einstein. He generally believed that if a researcher can not explain the essence of his work to a five-year-old child in five minutes, he can be called a charlatan. When a correspondent who does not understand physics, asked Einstein about what "relativity of time" means, he found a figurative example. If a young man talks to a sweethearted girl, then many hours will seem to him for a moment. But if the same young man is seated on a hot frying pan, then every second for him will be equal to the age. Here such an interpretation gave the phrase "happy hours do not observe" the author of the theory of relativity.
