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R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes: Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
         

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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