Fame does not make a man noble; nobility makes a man famous. If a noble mind becomes sensitive to fame, he is no longer noble. Noble means doing everything without any ambition. Nobility does not require or aspire to any reward. A noble mind works with a selfless, detached spirit and considers work to be its own reward.

Milton, the author of this quotation, has well said that a noble soul may conquer all weaknesses, but he cannot override the desire to acquire fame. But whatever is said or done by anybody, it is undoubtedly true that the day the noble mind gets influenced by the lust of fame, his nobility diminishes to the degree the lust is there. It is right that the desire to get famous is a great desire that an ordinary man cannot override, but for a noble man, nothing is more important than the nobility in real terms.