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

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

Buckminster Fuller

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