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In modern English I wish I were an optimist is correct.

Remember that was is the past tense. That sentence is talking about something that the subject is not, so it means: "I am not an optimist, but I wish I were."

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it is i wish i were younger because it sounds more firm and proper but if your in a rush either way is fine

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