idque apud imperitos humanitas vocabatur, cum pars servitutis esset. (Tacitus, Agricola 21)

Truly sharp or no? The question is: why did Tacitus think he could position himself above those whom he called imperitii (inexperienced, unskilled, ignorant)? What if those so-called imperitii were the ones who were truly peritii in playing either a 'Don't say, don't tell' or a win-win game...