--- title: "1 Bird Thinks Quotes By W. H. Davies" description: "1 Bird Thinks quotes by W. H. Davies. Plus more from W. H. Davies and more Bird Thinks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/w-h-davies-18187_bird_and-hear-the-pleasant-cockoo-loud-and-lo_2925818.png" --- > [And hear the pleasant cockoo, loud and long - The simple bird that thinks two notes a song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-davies/and-hear-the-pleasant-cockoo-loud-and-long-the-simple-bird-that/) [W. H. Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/w-h-davies-18187_bird_and-hear-the-pleasant-cockoo-loud-and-lo_2925818.png) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bird-thinks/w-h-davies/#itemlist", "name": "1 Bird Thinks Quotes By W. H. 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