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> [Cockneys make good beggars. They are held in high esteem by the fraternity in America. Their resource, originality and invention, and a never-faltering tongue enable them to often attain their ends where others fail, and they succeed where the natives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/cockneys-make-good-beggars-they-are-held-in-high-esteem-by-the/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

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> [We were determined to be in the fashion, and to visit the various delightful watering places on Long Island Sound. Of course, it would be necessary to combine business with pleasure and pursue our calling as beggars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/we-were-determined-to-be-in-the-fashion-and-to-visit-the-various/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

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## Other authors on Beggars

## More by W. H. Davies

> [The more help a person has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/the-more-help-a-person-has-in-his-garden-the-less-it-belongs-to-him/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

> [Pleasure's a Moth, that sleeps by day And dances by false glare at night; But Joy's a Butterfly, that loves To spread its wings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/pleasure-s-a-moth-that-sleeps-by-day-and-dances-by-false-glare-at/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

> [I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/i-like-to-see-a-good-scientific-bout-by-men-who-know-the-use-of-their/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

> [I don't suppose there is a more daring or more impudent rascal on earth than a good American beggar. It is always his boast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/i-don-t-suppose-there-is-a-more-daring-or-more-impudent-rascal-on/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

> [A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/a-poor-life-this-if-full-of-care-we-have-no-time-to-stand-and-stare/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

> [However careful a tramp may be to avoid places where there is abundant work, he cannot always succeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/however-careful-a-tramp-may-be-to-avoid-places-where-there-is/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

> [I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/i-dislike-society-because-conversation-exhausts-my-brain-more-than/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

> [No matter where the body is, the mind is free to go elsewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/no-matter-where-the-body-is-the-mind-is-free-to-go-elsewhere/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

> [Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/being-in-this-fine-mood-i-spoke-to-a-little-boy-whom-i-saw-playing/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

> [Cockneys make good beggars. They are held in high esteem by the fraternity in America. Their resource, originality and invention, and a never-faltering tongue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/cockneys-make-good-beggars-they-are-held-in-high-esteem-by-the/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

> [It was a proof of Welsh good nature: so long as I had a friend that knew and could introduce me, the whole Welsh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/it-was-a-proof-of-welsh-good-nature-so-long-as-i-had-a-friend-that/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

> [It is not altogether shyness that now makes me unsuccessful in company. Sometimes it is a state of mind that is three parts meditation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/it-is-not-altogether-shyness-that-now-makes-me-unsuccessful-in/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

> [Summer boarders often left clothes behind, and of what use were they to the landladies, for no rag-and-bone man ever called at their houses.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/summer-boarders-often-left-clothes-behind-and-of-what-use-were-they/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

> [I like to give pennies to children, but unfortunately, a man cannot do these things if he lives in a small village or town…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/i-like-to-give-pennies-to-children-but-unfortunately-a-man-cannot-do/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

> [It has always been a wonder to me where my conversational power has gone: at the present time, I cannot impress the most ordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/it-has-always-been-a-wonder-to-me-where-my-conversational-power-has/)

[W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/)

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