Winged expressions of woe from mind. Aphorisms and catchphrases from the comedy "Woe from Wit" (Griboedov) Phraseologisms in the comedy Woe from Wit
Winged expressions from “Woe from Wit” demonstrate the thoughts that A. S. Griboyedov wanted to convey to readers. All expressions are presented according to the actions in which they were uttered by various characters.
Act one
One of the memorable phrases in the comedy is the expression uttered by Sophia: “ Happy Hours They’re not watching.” Her phrase “I walked into a room and ended up in another” is also known.
Famusov’s words “It’s signed, off your shoulders” speak about his attitude to the matter.
An aphorism is the phrase of Lisa, talking about Skalozub: “And the golden bag, and aims to become a general.” This expression shows all the aspirations of society. This is also indicated by Famusov’s words “Whoever is poor is not a match for you.”
Catchphrases from “Woe from Wit” are represented not only by monologue statements, but also by dialogues. To Sophia’s question “Where is better?” Chatsky answers, “Where we are not.” His phrase “And the smoke of the Fatherland is sweet and pleasant to us!”
».In the first act main character talks about Molchalin: “But by the way, he will reach known degrees, After all, nowadays they love the dumb.”
Act two
The most famous aphorisms of Chatsky are: “I would be glad to serve, but being served is sickening,” “Houses are new, but prejudices are old.” The most famous is the phrase with which the main character of the comedy begins his monologue: “Who are the judges?”
In the second act, Molchalin’s statement also stands out: “Ah! Evil tongues are worse than a pistol.”
Act three
To thin inner world Chatsky is indicated by his words “It’s a noose for me to climb, but it’s funny for her.” Using the phrase “I’m strange, but who isn’t strange?” A. S. Griboyedov emphasizes the dissimilarity of Chatsky from other characters. The main character also owns the famous phrase “Ranks are given by people, but people can be deceived.”
Molchalin’s life principle is expressed in the following words: “At my age I should not dare to have my own judgment.”
Famusov’s worldview is reflected in the following expressions: “Learning is the plague, learning is the reason,” “If evil is to be stopped: Take all the books and burn them.”
Act four
This action is known for expressions showing the finale of the generational conflict: “To the village, to your aunt, to the wilderness, to Saratov” (Famusov), “Get out of Moscow! I don't go here anymore. I’m running, I won’t look back, I’ll go looking around the world, Where there is a corner for an offended feeling!.. A carriage for me, a carriage!” (Chatsky).
Today we will talk about the famous tragicomedy in verse “Woe from Wit” by Alexander Griboyedov, the catchphrases (aphorisms) from which are heard by everyone. Most people have no idea where the common phrases they use so often come from. It's time to figure out what makes this play so special.
A few words about the work itself and the plot
It was the satirical play “Woe from Wit” that instantly made its author, A.O. Griboyedov, a classic of literature. Written between 1822 and 1824, and first published in full in 1862, this verse comedy proved that colloquial language had its place in high literature.
By the way, the playwright managed to break another rule - the trinity of place, time and action. In “Woe from Wit” only the first two (place and time) are observed, and the action is divided into two parts: Chatsky’s feelings for Sophia and his confrontation with the Moscow high society.
The plot is simple. Alexander Chatsky, a young nobleman, grew up with Sofia Famusova. They spent their entire childhood with each other and always loved each other. But then the young man leaves for 3 years and doesn’t even write letters. Sophia is upset, but soon finds a replacement for her failed groom.
When Alexander Chatsky returns to Moscow with the firm intention of marrying the love of his life, a surprise awaits him: Sophia is infatuated with Alexei Molchalin, her father’s secretary. Chatsky despises Molchalin for his veneration and servility and does not understand how such a pitiful person could win Sophia’s heart.
Because of bold speeches ex-lover Sophia, irritated by the situation, gives rise to gossip that Chatsky is out of his mind. The completely disgruntled young man leaves Moscow with the intention of never returning.
It is the protest of an individual, free from conventions, who rebelled against the rotten Russian reality, that is the main idea of the tragicomedy.
When Alexander Pushkin suggested that “Woe from Wit” would be scattered into quotations, he looked at nothing. Very soon the play became a national treasure, and often we don’t even suspect that we are speaking in the words of Griboedov’s characters. The phrase “woe from mind” came into use precisely because of this play.
“Woe from Wit”: popular expressions of the action of the first
You can quote a work from the very first words. For example, the phrase of the maid Lisa “pass us away from all sorrows and master’s anger and master’s love” is worth something.
The favorite saying of lovers (especially late ladies) also appears here for the first time. In a conversation with Lisa, Sophia says, looking out the window: “Happy people don’t watch the clock.”
In high society after the Napoleonic wars, the fashion for the French language reigned for a long time. But few people had even an average command of it. This is exactly what Chatsky ridicules when he talks about mixing French with Nizhny Novgorod.
When Chatsky almost at the very beginning explains himself to his beloved, he tells her that his “mind and heart are not in harmony.”
Aphorisms from the work “Woe from Wit” also include the common expression “it’s good where we are not.” This is how Chatsky answers Sofya when she asks him about travel.
When Mr. Famusov caught Molchalin near the door of his daughter’s room, Sophia tries to find an excuse for her lover: since he lives in their house, he “went into a room and ended up in another.” Doesn't happen to anyone...
Catchphrases from act two
In this part of the work, many stunning expressions belong to Chatsky. Who has never heard or used the expression “the legend is fresh, but hard to believe”?
“I’d be glad to serve, but it’s sickening to be served,” says the same Chatsky, who cannot stomach the servility in Mochalin’s behavior.
“The houses are new, but the prejudices are old,” he states with bile and sadness.
Many aphorisms from the work “Woe from Wit” belong to Sophia’s father, Mr. Famusov, who personifies the rotten Moscow society. “Everyone from Moscow has a special imprint,” he says, and he’s right about that.
The phrase “with me, strangers’ employees are very rare; more and more sister, sister-in-law, children,” uttered by this character, has not lost its relevance to this day.
Colonel Skalozub, talking about Moscow, characterizes the city with the phrase “distances of enormous size.” This catchphrase has taken root with a small amendment, and now you can often hear in everyday life “a huge distance.”
Quotes from Act Three
“Woe from Wit,” a catchphrase from which everyone does not want to come to an end, takes up a lot of space in this action.
It is Chatsky who owns the expression “a million torments,” as well as the sarcastic “you won’t get well from such praise.”
When Chatsky asks Mr. Famusov about the news, he replies that everything is going “day after day, tomorrow is like yesterday,” that is, everything is unchanged.
In “Woe from Wit” there are catchphrases about fashion as well. Having arrived and seen the invasion of fashion for everything French, Chatsky says that dressing inappropriately for the weather, “in defiance of reason, in defiance of the elements” is very unreasonable, and ridicules this “slavish, blind imitation.”
Common expressions from act four
Aphorisms from the work “Woe from Wit” are concentrated in the last act. For example, when Chatsky, upset and indignant, decides to leave Moscow, poisoned by prejudices and gossip, forever. The young nobleman declares that he no longer travels to the capital, and shouts: “The carriage for me! The carriage!”
The aphorisms from the work “Woe from Wit” can be continued with such an expression as “What a word is a sentence!”, which the author put into Famusov’s mouth. It is this character who also owns the final phrase, which conveys all the rottenness high society: “What will Princess Marya Aleksevna say?”, she entered the colloquial language as “What will Marya Aleksevna say?”
As you can see, aphorisms, catch phrases and expressions in the comedy “Woe from Wit” are found at every step, or rather, in almost every line. The list we have given is far away. You can discover a lot of new things by reading this short work.
Comedy "Woe from Wit" (1824)- satire on the aristocratic Moscow society of the first half of the 19th century century - one of the pinnacles of Russian drama and poetry. The brilliant aphoristic style of the comedy contributed to the fact that it was all “spread out into quotes” and served as a source of numerous winged words and expressions.
“Never has any people been so scourged, never has any country been dragged so much in the mud, never has so much rude abuse been thrown into the public’s face, and yet never has more complete success been achieved” (P. Chaadaev. “Apology of a Madman” ).
Many phrases from the play, including its title, became catchphrases. Pushkin’s prediction about this work came true: “Half of the verses should become proverbs.”
Catchphrases from the comedy "Woe from Wit"
Who are the judges?
Chatsky
I would be glad to serve, but being served is sickening.
Chatsky
The legend is fresh, but hard to believe...
Chatsky
Pass us away more than all sorrows
And lordly anger, and lordly love.
Lisa
And the smoke of the Fatherland is sweet and pleasant to us!
Chatsky
Blessed is he who believes, he is warm in the world!
Chatsky
Listen! Lie, but know when to stop.
Chatsky
Happy hours are not observed.
Sophia
A smile and a few words
And whoever is in love is ready for anything.
Lisa
Oh! Evil tongues are worse than a gun.
Molchalin
Bah! All familiar faces!
Famusov
Carriage for me, carriage!
Persecution of Moscow. What does it mean to see the light!
Where is better?
Where we are not.
Sofia Chatsky
It’s a noose for me, but it’s funny for her.
Chatsky
The houses are new, but the prejudices are old; rejoice, neither years, nor fashion, nor fires will destroy them.
Chatsky
I walked into the room and ended up in another.
Sophia
She can't sleep from French books,
And the Russians make it hard for me to sleep.
Famusov
Chatsky
What new will Moscow show me?
Yesterday there was a ball, and tomorrow there will be two.
Chatsky
Ranks are given by people,
And people can be deceived.
Chatsky
At my age I shouldn't dare
Have your own judgment.
Molchalin
Silent people are blissful in the world!
Chatsky
And, however, he will reach the known degrees,
After all, nowadays they love the dumb.
Chatsky
No other sample is needed
When your father's example is in your eyes.
Famusov
A confusion of languages still prevails:
French with Nizhny Novgorod?
Chatsky
I'm strange, but who isn't?
The one who is like all fools;
Molchalin, for example...
The eyes are dark and the soul is frozen;
Sin is not a problem, rumor is not good.
Lisa
I have fun when I meet funny people
And more often than not I miss them.
Chatsky
Of course, he doesn’t have this mind,
What a genius is to some, is a plague to others.
Sophia
When I'm busy, I hide from fun,
When I'm fooling around, I'm fooling around
And mix these two crafts
There are many masters, I am not one of them.
Chatsky
Although there are hunters everywhere to be mean,
Yes, nowadays laughter frightens and keeps shame in check;
No wonder the sovereigns favor them sparingly.
Chatsky
Just think how capricious happiness is!
Sophia
ABOUT! if someone penetrated people:
What's worse about them? Soul or language?
Chatsky
It's barely light and you're already on your feet! And I'm at your feet.
Chatsky
Some dreams are strange, but in reality they are stranger.
Famusov
My custom is this:
Signed, off your shoulders.
Famusov
Fate, the naughty naughty girl,
I defined it this way:
To all stupid people - happiness comes from madness,
To all smart people - woe from the mind.
epigraph to "Woe from Wit", not written by A.S. Griboedov
What do I need rumors? Whoever wants to, judges it that way.
Sophia
Besides honesty, there are many joys:
They scold you here and thank you there.
Chatsky
So! I have completely sobered up
Dreams out of sight - and the veil fell.
Chatsky
Why not a husband?
There is only little intelligence in him;
But to have children,
Who lacked intelligence?
Chatsky
Fate seemed to be protecting us;
No worries, no doubts...
And grief awaits around the corner.
Sophia
The fate of love is to play blind man's buff.
Chatsky
At least someone will be embarrassed
Quick questions and a curious look...
Sophia
I'll tell you the truth about you,
Which is worse than any lie.
Platon Mikhailovich Gorich
In Russia, under a great fine,
We are told to recognize everyone
Historian and geographer!
Chatsky
Yes, no urine. A million torments
Breasts from a friendly vice
Feet from shuffling, ears from exclamations,
And worse than my head from all sorts of trifles.
Chatsky
For mercy's sake, you and I are not guys;
Why are other people's opinions only sacred?
Chatsky
He never uttered a smart word, -
I don’t care what goes into the water.
Sophia
I don't remember anything, don't bother me.
Memories! Like a sharp knife.
Sophia
Husband-boy, husband-servant, from the wife's pages -
The high ideal of all Moscow men.
Chatsky
Where, show us, are the fathers of the fatherland,
Which ones should we take as models?
Aren't these the ones who are rich in robbery?
They found protection from court in friends, in kinship,
Magnificent building chambers,
Where they spill out in feasts and extravagance,
And where foreign clients will not be resurrected
The meanest features of the past life.
And who in Moscow didn’t have their mouths clamped?
Lunches, dinners and dances?
Chatsky
(January 4, 1795 - January 30, 1829) - Russian diplomat, poet, playwright and composer.
Alexander Sergeevich was one of the most educated, talented and noble nobles of the 19th century. Scope of it creative activity extensive. He was not only an excellent playwright and poet, the author of the famous “Woe from Wit,” but also a talented composer, a polyglot who spoke ten languages.
During the Russian-Persian War, he actively participated in negotiations with representatives of the Persian Shah and the development of key conditions for the Turkmanchay Peace Treaty (1828), which was beneficial for Russia.
The diplomat's merits were noted by his appointment as Russian Ambassador to Persia. On the way to Persia, he lived for several months in Tiflis, where he married a 16-year-old Georgian princess Nina Chavchavadze. Their relationship, full of romanticism and love, was imprinted for centuries in her words, engraved on the tombstone of Alexander Sergeevich: “Your mind and deeds are immortal in Russian memory, but why did she outlive you, my love?” They lived only a few months in marriage, but this woman carried loyalty to her husband throughout the rest of her life.
On January 30, 1829, the Russian embassy in Tehran was attacked by a brutal crowd of religious fanatics. Several dozen Cossacks and employees led by Griboedov, who defended the embassy, were brutally killed. All defenders of the mission died, including Griboyedov.
Alexander Sergeevich Griboyedov lived only 34 years. He managed to create only one literary work and two waltzes. But they glorified his name throughout the civilized world.
Posted by A.A. Bestuzhev: “I’m not talking about poetry, half of it should become a proverb.”
Many of Griboedov’s aphorisms have entered everyday speech:
We use catchphrases, no longer thinking about their authorship.
Of course, quotes from “Woe from Wit” gained popularity not only thanks to Griboedov’s talent. After the 1917 coup, the incriminating play was included in school programs and theater repertoires.
Griboyedov's catchphrases given below are correlated with actors plays. Their characteristics were obtained through catchphrases. There are eighty proverbs in total.
The most popular, and therefore most appropriate proverbs for a given person are included in the headings.
Lisa - Pass us away from all sorrows and master's anger and master's love
Famusov - That's it, you are all proud!
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She can't sleep from French books, And all the Kuznetsky Most, and the eternal French. No other sample is needed Terrible century! Don't know what to start! Oh! Mother, don’t finish the blow! He fell painfully, but got up well. What a commission, Creator, Don't read like a sexton Philosophize - your mind will spin. What kind of aces live and die in Moscow! Brother, don’t mismanage your property, That's it, you are all proud! |
My custom is this: You shouldn’t be in Moscow, you shouldn’t live with people; He wants to preach freedom! When I have employees, strangers are very rare; Well, how can you not please your loved one!.. You behaved correctly: They will argue, make some noise, and... disperse. Here you go! great misfortune Once evil is stopped: Bah! All familiar faces! What does he say? and speaks as he writes! Oh! My God! what will he say |
Sofia - The hero of not my novel
Chatsky - Who are the judges?
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It's barely light on my feet! and I am at your feet. And here is the reward for your exploits! Oh! tell love the end Where is it better? (Sofia) When you wander, you return home, More in number, cheaper in price? A confusion of languages still prevails: The legend is fresh, but hard to believe. Tell me to go into the fire: I’ll go as if for dinner. I would be glad to serve, but being served is sickening. However, he will reach the known degrees, Who serves the cause, not individuals... When I'm busy, I hide from fun, |
The houses are new, but the prejudices are old. Who are the judges? The women shouted: hurray! But to have children, Ranks are given by people, Blessed is he who believes, he is warm in the world! For mercy's sake, you and I are not guys, It won't be good to hear such praise. No! I'm dissatisfied with Moscow. Despite reason, despite the elements. At least we could borrow some from the Chinese Listen! lie, but know when to stop. Get out of Moscow! I don't go here anymore. |
Skalozub - In my opinion, the fire contributed a lot to her decoration
Molchalin - Ah! evil tongues are worse than a gun
Khlestova – Calendars all lie
Repetilov – A look and something
Princess - He is a chemist, he is a botanist
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Chinov doesn’t want to know! He's a chemist, he's a botanist... |
“Woe from Wit” by Alexander Griboyedov is the most unique work in terms of the number of catchphrases. Many began to live separately. People who use them in speech often have no idea that they are quoting classic lines of literature.
Catchphrases from the comedy “Woe from Wit” can often be heard in speech, in what meaning they were pronounced by the hero of the text. What has changed over the eras?
Most quoted expressions
"Happy hours don't watch". The phrase is uttered by Sofya Pavlovna, explaining to the maid how quickly the nights pass next to her beloved. The expression has not changed its interpretation. It characterizes the state of people who are passionate about each other. For them, time fades into the background, leaving room only for feelings. Lovers are overwhelmed with delight from communication, meetings and positive emotions. They cannot and do not want to keep track of time.
“The mind and heart are not in harmony”. Chatsky pronounces the phrase. He explains his condition with her. The lover's heart does not hear the mind. A person is not able to analyze what is happening around him, does not notice deception and deceitful actions. Blinded by feelings, he does not hear the truth in speech. Misleads himself, which subsequently becomes a fatal mistake. In modern life, expression finds a place not only in emotional sphere, describing feelings of mutual affection. The mind does not help those blinded by their luck in business or gambling.
"The hero is not my novel". Sofya Pavlovna used the phrase to explain that one of the suitors for her hand could not be her lover. Today, the expression makes it possible to remove from the gentlemen those who cannot become a groom by individual choice and preferences of either gender.
“I’d be glad to serve, but it’s sickening to be served”. In Chatsky’s speech, the word serve has a direct meaning. IN modern world the expression is much more widely used. Serving becomes synonymous with working. Many people want to find a profession in which they do not have to follow the instructions of the upper levels of government in order to move up the career ladder. Most people want their knowledge, skills and experience to be appreciated.
“Day after day, today is like yesterday”. This is how Alexey Molchalin describes his life. This is how contemporaries characterize life: if interesting events disappear from it, what remains is one routine that repeats itself every day. A state of hopelessness is heard behind the words, melancholy and despondency. I want to get out of this state as quickly as possible.
“Pass us beyond all sorrows. And lordly anger, and lordly love". The phrase is put into the mouth of the maid Lisa. The girl understands the danger of both love and disfavor. I want to avoid unnecessary care, anger and hostility. Any feeling on the part of those in power, superiors and managers often ends negatively for the employee. That is why I want bright manifestations on their part to be bypassed.
“Whoever is destined, sir, cannot escape fate”. Lisa speaks wise words. Faith in destiny and fate did not disappear among contemporaries. An event that happens in life, often negative, impossible to explain, is reduced to the manifestation of forces from above. Fate is responsible for everything.
“Whoever is poor is not a match for you”. Sofia's father's speech clearly delineated his daughter's ability to choose her future husband. It would seem that the age of division between rich and poor has passed. But in fact, the status situation not only remains, but is considered one of the main reasons for divorces and failed marriages. The expression continues to live, expanding its meaning. Any social position that separates lovers can be explained by a popular expression.
“Who are the judges?”. Chatsky’s words still ring today. Condemning people who do not have the right to do so occurs so often that the expression is considered one of the most popular. The word judge is not used in direct meaning, it characterizes any person trying to present his opinion, often erroneous, as a standard.
All expressions by character
Quotes from Chatsky:
I'm strange, but who isn't? The one who is like all fools.
It's barely light on my feet! and I am at your feet.
Tell me to go into the fire: I’ll go as if for dinner.
More in number, cheaper in price.
Here are our strict connoisseurs and judges!
All the same sense, and the same poems in the albums.
Singer winter weather summer.
On the forehead is written: Theater and Masquerade.
But if so: the mind and heart are not in harmony.
And here is the reward for your exploits!
The meanest features of the past life.
I would be glad to serve, but being served is sickening.
Blessed is he who believes - he has warmth in the world!
And Guillaume, the Frenchman, blown by the wind?
The fate of love is to play blind man's buff.
Quotes from Sophia:
And grief awaits around the corner.
Happy hours are not observed.
You can share laughter with everyone.
I don’t care what goes into the water.
Just think how capricious happiness is!
Will such a mind make a family happy?
The hero is not my novel.
Quick questions and a curious look...
What do I need rumors? Whoever wants to, judges it that way.
I walked into the room and ended up in another.
Quotes from Molchanin:
Oh! Evil tongues are worse than a gun.
There is a mirror on the outside and a mirror on the inside.
Everyone has their own talent.
There are contradictions, and many things are inappropriate.
We find protection where we do not seek it.
Day after day, today is like yesterday.
Reptilian Quotes:
Let's make noise, brother, make noise!
About Beiron, well, about important mothers.
Now is not the place to explain and there is no time.
He rejected everything: laws! conscience! faith!
And I have an attraction to you, a kind of illness.
Quotes from Lizanka:
Sin is not a problem, rumor is not good.
Your conversation went on overnight.
And a golden bag, and aims to become a general.
And they hear, they don’t want to understand.
Those who are destined, sir, cannot escape fate.
Pass us away beyond all sorrows. And lordly anger, and lordly love.
Do these faces suit you?
And whoever is in love is ready for anything.
She is for him, and he is for me, And I... I am the only one who is crushing love to death, And how can one not fall in love with the bartender Petrusha!
For girls, morning sleep is so thin.
Quotes from Anfisa Khlestova:
Calendars all lie.
I drank tea beyond my years.
There are wonderful adventures in the world! In his summer he jumped off crazy!
No! three hundred! I don’t know other people’s estates!
Quotes from Platon Mikhailovich:
They scold us. Everywhere, and everywhere they accept.
I will tell you the truth about you, which is worse than any lie.
Catchphrases and aphorisms from the comedy “Woe from Wit,” describing the life of landowners and their servants during serfdom, find their place in the modern world. Moreover, in most cases, the meaning of catchphrases has become broader.