His speech began with a quotation from a famous poet.

The story of Icarus is often cited as a lesson in overconfidence.

He learned a big lesson from that failure.

He taught me an important lesson.

He overestimated his own abilities.

He was overestimating his own abilities.

He quoted a famous poem.

He began to tell an old tale.

He studies well.

The bathroom in my house is very spacious.