General Lingard, in spite of the qualities which made him a successful leader of fighting men, had not troubled himself, indeed he had not had the time, to probe or question certain accepted axioms.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
It is for this reason that moral axioms lack the elements of poetry, because they do not admit of exposition with appreciable ecstasy.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
Logical minds too often willingly lay down or accept assumptions, or uncertain facts, as axioms, and are satisfied if the deductions from these are logically accurate and perfect.
"The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University"
Robert Peter