"Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

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"Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery."

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