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1. There is a in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that imitation is suicide---Emerson
Emerson believed that if a man is envious of other people, he will ignore all merits of himself. If a man imitates others, he will lose his identity, thus, it is like committing suicide.
2. Whose be a man must be a man a nonconformist----Emerson
Emerson believed that a man should be unique, and he must not be the imitation of others.
3.That government is best which govern least---Thoreau
this is an aphorism saying that a government that governs less is more favourable.
4. If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.-- Thoreau
Thoreau comments on conformity, saying that by not keeping pace with others around and going at one's own pace, happiness and self-fulfillment can be found.
5. The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation -- Thoreau
Thoreau believed that men work too hard oftentimes for little reason or reward and would be better off living for life's sake.

put these into your own words.. because i doubt your teacher will believe you if you say you wrote this..