Who said: "Happy hours are not watched"? Shiller, Griboedov or Einstein?

The fact that time spent in joy and pleasure, passes imperceptibly and very quickly, everyone knows. But the painful expectation or difficult work, on the contrary, drag on 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 who said: "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 this: "For those who are happy, the clock can not be heard."

"Stop, moment, you are fine!" - in these lines Goethe regrets 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 do not observe" mean? 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

On the question of 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 many proverbs 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 "it would be nice 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 anyone 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 of the genius of the author.

Alexander Sergeevich Griboyedov was a versatile gifted person. A 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 treated the issue of the time not indifferently. One of those who said, "Happy hours are not watching," was none other than Albert Einstein. He generally believed that if the researcher can not explain to the five-year-old child in five minutes the essence of his work, then 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 with a sweetheart to his heart a girl, then for him and many hours will seem in a flash. But if the same young man is seated on a hot frying pan, then every second for him will be equal to the age. This is the interpretation given to the phrase "happy hours do not observe" the author of the theory of relativity.