Life Span Of A Dictionary

What is the life of a dictionary? Imagine if the dictionary in your library could talk what would it say to you if asked this question? “People use and throw me aside. I give them information and they don’t have much value for me. Sometimes, I am ignored for days, weeks, and years too, before I am remembered and cleaned to be used or thrown away in 2 minutes. I also have my self respect, and will not tolerate being used and discarded only when my reader wants to. I therefore refuse to give them updated information every year and they will have to tolerate my aging paper too.”