Shortly after the passing of Gary Gygax, 

freeport_pirate   wrote a clever post about "The Seven Stages of Gygax". 

 

Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.